Meeting of the Parliament, Continued (Accessible)

Portfolio Questions Net Zero and Energy, and Transport James Dornan S6O-04600 1. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the results of the recent survey on attitudes towards climate change in Scotland. Sharon Dowey S6O-04601 2. To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to improve public transport connectivity in south west Scotland. Elena Whitham S6O-04602 3. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the measures that it is taking to support households to reduce emissions and energy costs. Pam Gosal S6O-04603 4. To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether its 2045 net zero target is still credible. Fergus Ewing S6O-04604 5. To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the net zero secretary has had with ministerial colleagues regarding the potential impact on Scotland of the Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas developments not proceeding, including on jobs, GDP, tax revenue and funding for public services from the UK Government. Neil Bibby S6O-04605 6. To ask the Scottish Government when it last met CMAL and what issues were discussed. Collette Stevenson S6O-04606 7. To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of the number of road accidents involving deer in the Central Belt, including around the East Kilbride constituency, in the last five years. Humza Yousaf S6O-04607 8. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what actions it is taking to help tackle climate debt in the Global South. followed by Scottish Government Debate: Scotland’s Hydrogen Future Gillian Martin S6M-17399 That the Parliament acknowledges that Scotland has the potential to be a leading hydrogen nation and is fully committed to helping the Scottish hydrogen sector to develop and grow as part of a wider European and international network; notes that, following the successful shortlisting of Scottish projects in the recent UK Hydrogen Allocation Round, Scotland is creating a hydrogen economy that will provide economic benefit and a renewable and low-carbon source of energy to help meet its net zero ambitions; supports efforts to ensure that hydrogen is supported via continued investment, and calls on the Scottish Government to continue taking steps to deliver the hydrogen sector export plan. Graham Simpson S6M-17399.1 As an amendment to motion S6M-17399 in the name of Gillian Martin (Scotland’s Hydrogen Future), insert at end ", and further calls on the Scottish Government to work with the UK Government on developing plans for hydrogen to be part of Scotland’s energy mix, and to set out how it can play a role in transport and heating." Sarah Boyack S6M-17399.3 As an amendment to motion S6M-17399 in the name of Gillian Martin (Scotland’s Hydrogen Future), insert at end “; further calls on the Scottish Government to ensure that clear, strategic plans for hydrogen infrastructure are included in its long-awaited energy strategy, and calls on the Scottish Government to deliver joined-up thinking on how to maximise the low-carbon opportunities and efficient usage of hydrogen.” Patrick Harvie S6M-17399.2 As an amendment to motion S6M-17399 in the name of Gillian Martin (Scotland’s Hydrogen Future), leave out from "be a leading" to end and insert "play a leading role in developing a green hydrogen industry, both to help decarbonise challenging sectors of the economy, and for export; recognises that hydrogen produced from fossil fuels not only produces greenhouse gas emissions but also risks undermining confidence in the future of the green hydrogen sector; further recognises that the use of green hydrogen needs to be prioritised in areas that are hard to decarbonise in other ways, and that its use for domestic heating can never achieve the efficiency of other clean heat sources, and therefore regrets that the First Minister described hydrogen for domestic heating as 'the path that we must take', in February 2025; recognises that the UK Climate Change Committee sees 'no role for hydrogen in buildings heating and only a very niche, if any, role in surface transport', and urges the Scottish Government to accept that the value of green hydrogen will be in areas such as hard-to-decarbonise industrial sectors and energy storage." followed by Decision Time