Meeting of the Parliament

Meeting date: Thursday, May 23, 2024

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Point of Order

On a point of order, Deputy Presiding Officer. During First Minister’s question time today, the First Minister said:

“When we came to office, around 20 per cent of Scotland’s electricity consumption came from renewable sources, but that has now reached 113 per cent.”—[Official Report, 23 May 2024; c 20.]

Like his two predecessors as First Minister, Mr Swinney has misled Parliament on renewables. I advise the chamber that, in the most recent 12-month period for which data is available, in fact, 64 per cent of Scotland’s electricity consumption was from renewable sources.

Perhaps the Presiding Officer can advise the new First Minister on how he might correct the record and thus ensure that accurate data is presented to both Parliament and, of course, the people of Scotland.

Thank you, Mr Kerr. As you are aware, that is not a point of order.

There will be a brief suspension before we move on to the next item of business.