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Meeting of the Parliament 12 March 2026 [Draft]

12 Mar 2026 · S6 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
General Question Time
Energy Project Objections
Martin, Gillian SNP Aberdeenshire East Watch on SPTV

I welcome the opportunity once again to correct the inappropriate and wilfully misleading claims by Conservative MSPs about my interview in a national newspaper, in which I was referring to the anti-net zero rhetoric that has been weaponised by Reform UK, which said that it would dismantle the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero at United Kingdom Government level. That rhetoric uses the legitimate concerns of communities, which I fully understand, to put at risk our energy security; to divide and dilute our fight against climate change; and to damage the economic opportunities for Scotland that come with investment in climate action. It is essential that communities feel able to engage with us on the planning and consenting of energy projects.

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6. Douglas Lumsden (North East Scotland) (Con) Con
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether it is appropriate for the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy to use terms such as...
The Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy (Gillian Martin) SNP
I welcome the opportunity once again to correct the inappropriate and wilfully misleading claims by Conservative MSPs about my interview in a national newspa...
Douglas Lumsden Con
It is clear what is going on here. The cabinet secretary is trying to silence community groups that are against the monster pylons, battery storage and subsi...
The Presiding Officer NPA
Let us hear Mr Lumsden.
Douglas Lumsden Con
—that are ruining much of rural Scotland. The Government has stopped email submissions to the energy consents unit because there are too many objections—some...
The Presiding Officer NPA
I ask those who are joining us to do so quietly.
Gillian Martin SNP
Mr Lumsden is demonstrating once again that his preferred method of political engagement is personal attacks that have scant regard to fact instead of what t...