Meeting of the Parliament 10 December 2025
Let us make the most of the little time we have left in the session and have a debate on the Scottish National Party Government’s energy strategy.
When we come back in January, there will be a birthday, but it is not one to celebrate. It will have been three years since the SNP Government published its draft energy strategy; three years since the SNP announced its presumption against new oil and gas; and three years since the SNP turned its back on the oil and gas workers in the north-east, with the loss of thousands of jobs. One can see why, therefore, it is not a birthday to celebrate.
I have asked the SNP Government about 20 times if a new energy strategy will be published, but each time I have been met with a blank look, as if the lights are on but no one is in. However, maybe today will be different and the failing SNP Government will agree to my amendment. Just this week, the First Minister has been keen to speak about energy. He has chased the headline “It’s Scotland’s Energy”, claiming that he could save people a third off their bills. That is a bold claim, but he gave us absolutely no detail about how that would happen.
The time next week would be an ideal opportunity for the SNP Government to set out its fantasy plans. Will those plans mean more onshore wind infrastructure scarring our countryside, or is the First Minister now in favour of zonal pricing, which his Government did not previously support? Does he want to stop the monster pylons that are costing billions—
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