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Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee 10 September 2025

10 Sep 2025 · S6 · Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Item of business
Continued Petitions
Pump Storage Hydro Schemes (Impact on Salmon) (PE2109)
Carlaw, Jackson Con Eastwood Watch on SPTV

We thank the petitioners for their work. We close the petition, but the on-going situation can be monitored and returned to in the seventh parliamentary session.

ScotRail (Peak Fare Pricing) (PE2120)

In the same item of business

The Convener Con
We will now revert to the original order. PE2109, which has been lodged by Brian Shaw on behalf of the Ness District Salmon Fishery Board, calls on the Scott...
David Torrance SNP
In the light of the evidence, I wonder whether the committee would consider writing to SEPA and NatureScot to ask what information they hold on the impact of...
The Convener Con
Thank you, Mr Torrance. That was very helpful. Do members have any other comments?
Davy Russell Lab
This is not new. Pumped storage schemes have been going for 70 years now, especially in the Highlands, Norway and other such countries, so there must be enou...
Fergus Ewing Ind
Mr Russell makes a fair point—these things are certainly not new. What is perhaps a bit different about the situation facing those with an interest in Loch N...
The Convener Con
How would we accommodate that along with Mr Torrance’s recommendation?
Fergus Ewing Ind
We could perhaps just add it to the letter to the minister.
The Convener Con
Are members content with that? Members indicated agreement. Wild Wrasse (Protection of Stocks) (PE2110)
The Convener Con
PE2110, which was lodged by Charles Millar, calls on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to develop and introduce a statutory fisheries m...
David Torrance SNP
In the light of the evidence and the Government’s response, can we consider closing the petition under rule 15.7 of standing orders, because the Scottish Gov...
Fergus Ewing Ind
I agree with the proposal. Perhaps unusually, the Scottish Government’s responses have been pretty thorough and well argued. The marine directorate has provi...
The Convener Con
Are colleagues content to close the petition? Members indicated agreement.
The Convener Con
We thank the petitioners for their work. We close the petition, but the on-going situation can be monitored and returned to in the seventh parliamentary sess...
The Convener Con
PE2120, which was lodged by Tam Wilson on behalf of the Scottish Trades Union Congress, calls on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to p...
The Convener Con
We congratulate those who have been associated with the petition’s aims and note its achievement.