Whether there are plans to reduce the amount of coal produced from opencast mines.

Answered Asked by Adam Ingram SNP Lodged 8 Oct 2003

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are plans to reduce the amount of coal produced from opencast mines.

The answer

Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 14 Nov 2003 · 37 days after it was lodged, 9 days after it was due

Coal Industry policy is areserved matter. While the extraction ofcoal in Scotland is regulated by the land use planning system, whichis devolved to the Scottish Executive, this does not seek to predetermine the appropriatelevels of coal to be produced by opencast mining.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-03292 by reference.