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Chamber and committees

Meeting of the Parliament

Meeting date: Wednesday, November 19, 2025


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Correction

The Minister for Higher and Further Education (Ben Macpherson)

 

Ben Macpherson has identified an error in his contribution and provided the following corrections.

 

At col 30, paragraph 8—

Original text—

At the moment, there are a record number of people in modern apprenticeships.

Corrected text—

As of 26th September 2025 there were over 38,000 modern apprentices in training.

At col 31, paragraph 5—

There is “Scotland’s Offshore Wind Skills Priorities and Action Plan”, the energy transition skills hub, the oil and gas transition training fund, and so much more that we want to deliver and build on, as well as—as I said earlier—a record number of 25,000 modern apprenticeships.

Corrected text—

There is “Scotland’s Offshore Wind Skills Priorities and Action Plan”, the energy transition skills hub, the oil and gas transition training fund, and so much more that we want to deliver and build on, as well as—as I said earlier—as of 26th September 2025 there were over 38,000 modern apprentices in training.