The Cabinet Secretary for
Net Zero and Just Transition (Màiri McAllan):...That
story speaks to the need for a just transition. So, too, does the
day that I spent yesterday at Grangemouth with
Ineos, union representatives and Forth Ports.
The Grangemouth complex epitomises the need for a just
transition, because it is so critical to our everyday life and so
central to our economy and to many workers and families. At the
same time, it is responsible for significant industrial emissions
that have to be rapidly driven down. I am very pleased to have
had the opportunity to visit the complex and to hear about its
net zero plans and just transition strategies...
Richard Leonard (Central
Scotland) (Lab):...Further, as we heard on
Wednesday, the new Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero and Just
Transition visited Ineos in the morning and
Forth Ports in the afternoon to meet “key stakeholders”. The
cabinet secretary met senior managers from
Ineos—Ratcliffe’s people—and the trade union
representatives there, but she did not meet the trade union
representatives at Forth Ports. This afternoon, I warn the
cabinet secretary not to pander to the Jim
Ratcliffes of this world—Jim Ratcliffe
who, as well as still wanting to frack across the central belt of
Scotland, now wants to build a nuclear reactor right in the
middle of Grangemouth. I also warn her that a just transition
that really is just means that we do not pander to those vested
interests—those whose only interest is in making money and a
quick profit—but, instead, take them on...
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