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On a point of order, Presiding Officer. Before we get to the urgent question, I will quote your words from yesterday:
“The ‘Scottish Ministerial Code’ states:
‘The Scottish Government should be accountable to the Scottish Parliament’.
As a matter of courtesy and respect, I would expect that, when a minister cannot provide information in answer to a question in the chamber, and when the minister has committed to providing that answer in the chamber, they should undertake to provide such detail to the member as soon as it is available.”—[Official Report, 9 December 2025; c 95-6.]
Five minutes ago—at 1 minute past 5—I received the information that I had requested back on 25 November. Half an hour before that, the Scottish Government published the information on its website. I ask for your understanding of and reaction to what I believe is a discourtesy not just to the Parliament, but to you personally, given your ruling last night.
I am not aware of publication this afternoon, but I reiterate whole-heartedly the comments that I made yesterday in the chamber, and I certainly ask that the Government reflect on those comments.