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Jan 28 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
I am not bothered about flags but this is how Edinburgh Airport is owned. 1/5
The 372.8ha of land is owned by Edinburgh Airport Ltd., a Scottish registered company. Edinburgh Airport Ltd. is wholly owned by Green Bidco Ltd., a UK registered company. 2/5
Green Bidco Ltd. is wholly owned by Green Midco Ltd., a UK registered company. Green Midco Ltd. is wholly owned by Green Topco Ltd., a company registered in the Cayman islands. 3/5
Green Topco. Ltd (Cayman Islands) is ultimately owned by Green Luxco I s.a.r., a company registered in Luxembourg. The ultimate controlling interest of Green Luxco I s.a.r. is a group of investment funds managed by Global Infrastructure Partners 4/5
Global Infrastructure Partners owns 80% of the shares. The Australian Sovereign Wealth Fund owns 10% and the Queensland state superannuation fund owns 10%. 5/5

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Jan 19
THREAD There is a lot of misinformation and confusion around the new regulations on fire and CO alarms that come into force 1 Feb 2022 and in relation to which there was a statement in Parliament today. 1/8
The regulations are here legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2019/8/art… and were subsequently amended to come into force in 2022 and not 2021. 2/8
The regulations add the interlinked fire and CO alarms to the list of criteria in s86(1) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 that define whether a house meets the statutory tolerable standard. 3/8 legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1987/26/…
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Dec 21, 2021
THREAD ScotGov has made a real mess of trying to regulate short-term lets. Since launching the Homes First campaign over 4 years ago, it is clear what needs to be done in principle. There are 2 elements to regulation. The 1st is planning reform and the 2nd is licensing. 1/11
The first (planning) determines whether a property can be used as a short-term let and application will be assessed (as all planning applications are) against planning law and the policies of the planning authority. 2/11
The second is licensing. A licensing scheme ensures that operators are fit and proper persons, have the requisite insurance and safety checks. Crucially, a license application can demonstrate whether the applicant has planning consent (a critical check). 3/11
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Oct 6, 2021
Can I attempt to give a practical example of what today’s Supreme Court ruling means. Both Bills incorporate international treaties and provide judicial remedies where a Court finds that any provision of the UN or CoE treaties have been violated. 1/5
So, for example, if a local authority were to consider that a decision by Scottish Ministers violated an Article of the European Charter, it could launch a judicial review of that decision. 2/5
As passed, the Bill provides that courts could find in favour of the authority & issue a declaration of incompatibility. This could be made under the Bill as passed provided that the matter complained of is a devolved matter (irrespective of whether a UK or a SP statute) 3/5
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Oct 6, 2021
Disappointed but not surprised by the Supreme Court ruling on my European Charter of Local Self-Government (Incorporation) (Scotland Bill. 1/7 supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-202…
The question before the court was not about the merits of the Bill but about whether its provisions modifed s28(7) of the Scotland Act 1998 and on the proper application of s 101(2) of the Scotland Act 1998. 2/7
In short the Bill provided for limits to be placed on existing legislation where it breached the European Charter. The limits would only apply to devolved matters but (importantly) would apply to UK laws on devolved matters 3/7
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Jul 28, 2021
1/7 This is an important & timely investigation into a bizarre and opaque parliamentary procedure that badly needs reform. Under Rule 9.11 of SAP standing Orders, no Bill can be debated at Stage 3 unless Queens Consent (QC) has (if needed) been obtained. theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/j…
2/7 QC is an effective veto by the Monarch on any legislation affecting the prerogative or the hereditary revenues of the Crown or (& this is bizarre bit) the personal property or personal interests of the Crown (in reality, the personal property of the Queen such as Balmoral.
3/7 So as part of formal legislative process, Queen & the Prince & Steward of Scotland have opportunity to influence legislation in order to protect their personal interests. There is no justification for this. But it is mandated by Scotland Act and thus a longer term challenge.
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Feb 18, 2021
THREAD - Neil Bibby MSP introduced the Tied Pubs (Scotland) Bill to Parliament to give greater protections to the tenants of Tied Pubs. The Bill was controversial with opinion sharply divided between the interests of tenants and landlords. 1/8
The @SP_Economy Committee recommended that Parliament reject the Bill at Stage 1. Only @RhodaGrant and myself dissented and recommended the Bill be supported. 2/8
At Stage 1, Parliament rejected the Committee’s recommendation and passed the Bill at Stage 1 in November with 107 MSPs voting Yes, none voting No and 4 abstentions. 3/8
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