Plenary, 26 Mar 2003

Meeting date: Wednesday, March 26, 2003

Official Report 723KB pdf

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Point of Order

On a point of order, Presiding Officer. Have you received a request from the leader of the Scottish Socialist Party to make a personal statement apologising for that party's official spokesperson's crass comment in The Scotsman that

"The war is bad for the Iraqis but good for our votes"?

If not, can you advise me how the Parliament can formally disassociate itself from those remarks and send a strong message to the servicemen and servicewomen who are risking their lives to free Iraq that that comment does not reflect the view of the vast majority of members?

I have received no such request. That is not a point of order, but you have made your point for the Official Report.