Spotlight on Holyrood: 23 March 2012
Comment, Spotlight on Holyrood — By TFNadmin on 22/03/2012 10:45 pm| Parliamentary Questions and Answers |
 Patrick Harvie MSP GREEN MSP Patrick Harvie asked the Scottish Executive: “How much renewable electricity generation in megawatts is currently in local and community ownership and what plans there are to achieve the target for local and community ownership of electricity in the 2020 Routemap for Renewable Energy in Scotland.” The Cabinet Secretary for Finance,Employment and Sustainable Growth, John Swinney,responded: “The Scottish Government has commissioned work to produce a database on community and locally owned renewable energy projects in Scotland which will show how much renewable generation by technology is currently operational in Scotland. The report will be available shortly and will be published on the Scottish Government website. “To help achieve our target for 500 MW of community and locally owned renewables by 2020, we will continue to provide the Community and Renewable Energy Scheme (CARES) loan scheme which provides finance at the high risk pre-planning stage, and which has a budget of 23.5 million over the next three years. The CARES support will also include advice to communities on technical and financial issues and governance structures.” |
| Motions |
| LABOUR MSP David Stewart introduced a motion on the recent withdrawal of business, public and third sector elements from the Air Discount Scheme: “The Parliament understands that the scheme was introduced in 2006 to make air services affordable for remote communities in the Highlands and Islands; believes that the withdrawal of business and public and third sector elements from the scheme will have a hugely detrimental effect on the remote and island communities that previously benefited; believes that the reported £2.7m saving per year to the Scottish Government is meagre in comparison with the social and economic benefits that remote and island communities gain from the scheme; considers this to be an ill-judged decision on the part of the Scottish Government, and asks the Scottish Government to consider the reinstatement of these elements to the Air Discount Scheme.”Liberal Democrat MSP Jim Hume highlighted the voter registration campaign Make Your Voice Heard: “That the Parliament welcomes the voter registration campaign from Shelter Scotland and the Electoral Commission called Make Your Voice Heard, which aims to raise awareness by providing information to those in housing need about the right to vote and, in particular, highlight how people who are homeless or in temporary accommodation can register to vote, and considers that this campaign will have an important role in the local elections by encouraging more people to register to vote and giving them the opportunity to vote on issues that affect them.” |
| Keep an eye out for… |
| The Scottish Parliament’s Health and Sport Committee has launched a call for evidence on the Social Care (Self Directed Support) (Scotland) BillAn analysis of the Equality Duty Revised Draft Regulations consultation findings is now available as well as the Scottish Government’s response to the consultation
The consultation on Housing Support for Homeless Households closes on 13 April The call for evidence on the review of Cross-Party Groups ends on the 15 April The Scottish parliament’s European and External Relations Committee has published its report The Scottish Parliament’s EU priorities for 2012 The Scottish parliament’s Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee has published a report on the Land Registration Bill |
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