PE956 and PE982 relate to ship-to-ship oil transfers in the Firth of Forth. The petitions fall into the same category as the one that we have just discussed. On 1 February, Forth Ports plc announced that it was not proceeding with an application for ship-to-ship oil transfers in the Firth of Forth. The petitioners have asked that their petitions be kept open until new UK legislation is in place. Again, we have the same options: we can close the petitions in light of that announcement and the promise of legislation; or we can keep the petitions open until the legislation is delivered.The second option is so open-ended as to be almost pointless, and in those circumstances I recommend that the petitions be closed, that both petitioners be thanked, and that we look back at the situation in the light of any marine bill that the Scottish Government introduces. Are we agreed?Members indicated agreement.
Official Report · Committee
Petitions
Ship-to-ship Oil Transfers (Firth of Forth) (PE956 and PE982)
Speakers
Choose an MSP to read only their contributions- Roseanna Cunningham SNP 2
- Des McNulty Lab 1
The record
4 contributionsIt might be worth writing to the cabinet secretary and highlighting the fact that, in closing the petition, we are expecting the issue to be addressed in the context of any marine bill.
Okay. I do not know whether there is any point in writing to the UK Government in the same terms, but it will not do any harm.I close the public part of the meeting.
Meeting continued in private until 12:41.
In this meeting
Everything on 5 Mar 2008 →- Scottish Parliament Rural Affairs and Environment Committee Wednesday 5 March 2008 Committee business · 1
- Flooding and Flood Management Inquiry Committee business · 293
- Subordinate Legislation Subordinate legislation · 3
- Subordinate Legislation Subordinate legislation · 3
- Petitions Petitions · 6
- Petitions Petitions · 4
The type of each item (debate, statement, questions, members’ business and so on) and the times shown are worked out by this site from headings, the chair’s opening words and the Official Report’s running timestamps. They are not the Parliament’s own classification. Text: the Scottish Parliament Official Report.