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Members’ corrections guidance (144KB, pdf) posted 12 February 2025
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Meeting of the Parliament, 27 November 2025
The Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy (Gillian Martin) has identified an error in her contribution and provided the following correction to the Official Report of 27 November 2025.
Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy
At col 7, para 9, line 1—
Original text—
Mr Burnett is referring to an application that has not been put into the Scottish Government’s energy consents unit. Even when it is a live application, he knows full well that I cannot discuss it in public.
Mr Burnett is referring to an application that has not been submitted to me by the Scottish Government’s energy consents unit. Even when it is a live application, he knows full well that I cannot discuss it in public.
Correction
When a member has made a request to correct inaccurate information provided in Parliamentary proceedings and it satisfies the relevant criteria, the corrections will be published on this page.
Guidance on this process, including the admissibility criteria, can be found in the members corrections guidance (163KB pdf).
Very occasionally an editorial correction is required after the Official Report is finalised. Such corrections are entirely at the discretion of the Editor and will be published on this page.
Criminal Justice Committee - 26 March 2025
The Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs (Angela Constance)
There is an error in the contribution of Angela Constance.
Published text—
“The odds of a jury convicting were 40 per cent lower in a three-verdict system.”
Corrected text—
“The odds of jurors convicting were 40 per cent lower in a three-verdict system.”
Meeting of the Parliament – 8 September 2022
The Minister for Transport (Jenny Gilruth)
There is an error in the contribution of Jenny Gilruth.
At col 82, paragraph 10—
Published text—
“we will not be pursuing any routes that look to privatisation in the future, and we are always considering unbundling.”
Corrected text—
“we will not be pursuing any routes that look to privatisation in the future, nor are we considering unbundling.”