Meeting of the Parliament

Meeting date: Tuesday, January 23, 2024

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Point of Order

On a point of order, Presiding Officer. Last week, in a debate held on 17 January, I intervened on the Conservative member Roz McCall to ask if she was able to furnish me with a copy of the Scottish Conservatives’ new deal for teachers. She agreed that she would do so, I think upon advice from her front bench, but has not been able subsequently to obtain that.

I have contacted the Scottish Parliament information centre, which also contacted the Scottish Conservatives. It seems that the party’s communications office was also unaware of said document.

My question therefore is this: what steps should I take to allow Ms McCall—who I am certain would not want to mislead Parliament—to correct the record?

The issue that Ms Thomson raises seems to concern the provision of a document by one member to another. That is therefore not a point of order, because it does not engage the standing orders of the Parliament. I imagine that the member might come up with various ways in which to pursue that matter, which is now on the record in any event.