Extract from Scottish Parliament debate on Climate Emergency - Mar 27
Thursday, 28 March 2019 08:14
Mark Ruskell (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Green):...We need that
legally watertight ban. My concern, which I ask the minister to
consider, is that the longer we have a temporary moratorium, the
more it will be open to legal challenge. There is uncertainty
around it. Last year, the Scottish Government granted an extension
of exploration licences to the likes of Ineos. Those will end
in June this year, and I ask what the Government response will
be—will it be another extension to the...Request free trial
(Mid Scotland and Fife)
(Green):...We need that legally watertight
ban. My concern, which I ask the minister to consider, is that the
longer we have a temporary moratorium, the more it will be open to
legal challenge. There is uncertainty around it. Last year, the
Scottish Government granted an extension of exploration licences to
the likes of Ineos. Those will end in June this year, and I
ask what the Government response will be—will it be another
extension to the licences? There were great concerns from
communities at the time. Also, the planning decision on the
application for coal-bed methane development at Airth still lies
undetermined, despite being lodged in 2012; that is also
potentially legally challengeable. We need to help to get the
Government over the line on a legally watertight ban. I am open to
discussion with the minister, as I am sure are members of other
parties, about the progress, or the lack of it, that the Government
has made and about how we can ensure that we get a legally
watertight ban...
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