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Conor Murphy: ...of my economic plans, and a move to sustainable renewable energy sources. The Consumer Council recently confirmed that the biggest issue facing 31% of all households was the cost of their energy bill. The research estimated that 51% of households here were in fuel poverty. A move to local, clean energy supplies will help us to break a chain that tethers us to global factors. I am keen that...
Gordon Lyons: Before I address the amendment that Mr McCrossan and Mr Durkan tabled, I put on record my thanks to the Assembly, the Committee for Communities and the Executive for supporting the progress of the Bill through the House. I also offer my thanks to the Office of the Legislative Counsel for its rapid yet thorough advice on each stage of the Bill's progress so far. I turn now to the amendment. It...
Sian Mulholland: I welcome the Bill's Consideration Stage. As has been mentioned, accelerated passage is not the ideal mechanism, but it is necessary, given the concerns that have necessitated expediency on the issue. I concur with the Member who spoke previously and the Deputy Chair of the Communities Committee. We want to see a more fulsome Bill come forward, but we are aware of the limitations of the...
Deborah Erskine: I welcome the opportunity to speak on behalf of the Committee for Infrastructure. As the First Minister outlined, the Executive's legislative programme for 2024 includes one Bill for the Department for Infrastructure, and that is the water, flooding and sustainable drainage Bill. That is the first of five potential Bills that the Department identified, and the Committee understands that there...
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Colin Smyth: When the Bankruptcy and Diligence (Scotland) Bill was first published, stakeholders raised concerns that it did not go far enough and that it did not deliver the protections that we need for the most vulnerable at a time when families are facing a real cost of living crisis. There has been some progress since. On the mental health moratorium, I welcome the decision to widen the criteria and...
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Fiona Hyslop: ...claim to have an interest in and which we say is a priority, the warm words and rhetoric are the easy part. The hard bit is taking action. I recall that, when the Transport (Scotland) Bill was discussed in Parliament in 2019, Liam Kerr, a Conservative, stated: “We believe that low-emission zone schemes are a good thing”—[Official Report, 10 October 2019; c 105.]...
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Gordon Lyons: ...Government have previously committed to bringing in a ban on conversion practices, which will extend to England and Wales, although the timetable for introduction is currently unclear. A Scottish Bill is being prepared, with consultation on policy proposals just completed, and legislation to ban conversion practices is being progressed in the Republic of Ireland. However, each of those...
Roz McCall: ...a rise in the number of cases, but we need to ensure that all systems are robust and can do the job that they need to do. That is why it is important to mention such issues as we go through the bill process. We are constantly told that surveys show that satisfaction levels are in the high 90s, so it was interesting to hear charities raising concerns recently that not everyone...
