Speeches by Rhodes.

“One further thing you would want is more after the process of the planning, looking at whether it has been put into practice.”

“I want to focus in particular on threatened species. I will start with you, Ms Pullinger, with the Wildlife Trusts’ view on this. Does the current planning system, in your view, do enough to provide for protection for endangered and threatened species?”

“What potential changes to planning would you like to see?”

“I am trying to think through what you are saying. You mentioned wild belts. You mentioned having stronger minimum standards, but also that encouragement in the system to go further than minimum standards. You also mentioned metrics in your previous answer. Is there something about the metrics that we need to be looking…”

“Turning to marine spatial planning, what role does it play in addressing the growing pressures on the marine environment?”

“You set out right at the beginning the different usages of the marine environment. What are the challenges in achieving that balance between those different sectoral usages?”

“How should we be engaging stakeholders in that process of trying to find that balance?”

“Turning to marine spatial planning, what role does it play in addressing the growing pressures on the marine environment?”

“You set out right at the beginning the different usages of the marine environment. What are the challenges in achieving that balance between those different sectoral usages?”

“How should we be engaging stakeholders in that process of trying to find that balance?”

“Does the Secretary of State agree that the SNP’s National Care Service (Scotland) Bill was a missed opportunity to improve pay and conditions for social care workers, particularly when compared with Labour’s Employment Rights Bill, which creates the fair pay agreement for social care workers?”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Vaz. The Budget of autumn 2024 marked a significant change—a break from the recent past. For too many years, Scotland and the rest of the UK have suffered from an era of austerity, bouts of ideologically charged fiscal and economic illiteracy, and a failure to invest i…”

“12. What discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on staff salaries in the care sector.”

“In terms of general principles, what do you see as the balance of the relationship between private investment and government?”

“Across the board. How do you develop the market for this so that you get private sector investment in nature recovery schemes?”

“How are the Government working to develop demand for investment in nature recovery schemes?”

“That closes off my next question, which was going to be: given the limited incentives, what more can be done? You are saying that there is something more to be done, but you will come back to the Committee when the announcement is made.”

“How will the new building add to the research capabilities?”

“Looking particularly the Antarctic Infrastructure Modernisation Programme and going into the details of this, what are the key strategic objectives of that programme?”

“Obviously, there are some financial benefits to collaboration, but you are saying that there are also scientific benefits to collaboration.”