Dear Patrick 14th December 2021 Please accept my congratulations on your promotion. I am writing to you in your capacity as the Minister for Zero Carbon Buildings because I am concerned that the Highlands and Islands, as ever, will bear the brunt of policies which may well work well in urban Scotland but will be extremely onerous for those of us who live in the Highlands and Islands. For example there were suggestions from some quarters during the election campaign in May that fossil fuels should be phased out in the Highlands and Islands by 2030. This is impractical and if attempted could lead to severe hardship. As I’m sure you know the Highlands and Islands suffer from fuel poverty to a much greater extent than the rest of Scotland. This is not just because of our harsher weather but because fuel prices are much higher here and incomes are significantly lower. You will also know for example that electricity is around
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