Speeches by Stewart.

“This is for you both. Beyond financial contributions, what other forms of support do you think the UK Government should be giving?”

“Have there been any unintended consequences or lessons that the UK could learn, in your view?”

“Are the fixed links projects reliant on support from the UK Government?”

“Mr Sloan, based on your experience from international projects, what benefits have you observed from comparable fixed links?”

“The Island Strategic Partnership has called on the UK Government to be involved in Shetland’s tunnel proposal. Given that transport is devolved, why do you think that the UK Government should be involved in that?”

“The Scottish Government are piloting giving communities the opportunity to lease land to repower wind farms. What assessment has been made of that model? Can it be adopted across the UK?”

“Minister, we know that we need a huge mix of energy to get to that target. What challenges have you met trying to engage the Scottish Government over nuclear energy?”

“Minister, why is the target of generating 8 GW of community energy by 2030 included in the clean power action plan but not the local power plan?”

“After the recent global energy shock, how realistic is the Government’s target to reduce bills by £300 by 2030?”

“What is the breakdown for how that £1 billion of funding will be allocated across the four nations?”

“Minister, what are the biggest barriers to this Government successfully achieving clean power by 2030?”

“What measures are providers putting in place to address the climate-related risks and reducing single points of failure on the network?”

“We know from the impact of Storm Amy in Tiree that telecoms systems suffered critical failure. Residents often don’t know who to turn to for support. What do you think can be done for greater clarity for residents in the aftermath of failure of such critical systems?”

“On the back of that, how many customers have left your network as a result of that disruption?”

“I suspect the resilience that you are all bringing in should hopefully bring some of the customers back to you. Would that be what you would be looking for?”

“Are there any examples of best practice of implementing emergency plans in such cases?”

“Thinking back to the 2025 outage, how many customers were affected and for how long? That is to each of you, so I will start with you, Ms Davidson.”

“How many days were you out for?”

“For my constituents who have been affected by the loan charge, the McCann review is a long-anticipated step towards bringing a year of uncertainty to an end. However, some individuals still feel that cases dating back decades remain unsolved and that enforcement has not been applied evenly between scheme promoters and …”

“It is great to hear that. That innovation is happening in Ayr now; they are selling the electricity back to the schools, and the community is getting the benefit out of that. It is really great to hear that innovative things are happening. I would be keen to see about the stuff within houses in Glasgow. Is there batter…”