Contents
- General Question Time
- First Minister’s Question Time
- International Day of Persons with Disabilities
- Point of Order
- Portfolio Question Time
- Covid-19: Preparing for Winter and Priorities for Recovery
- Parliamentary Bureau Motion
- Decision Time
Point of Order
Good afternoon. I remind members that Covid-related measures are in place and that face coverings should be worn when moving around the chamber and across the Holyrood campus.
On a point of order, Presiding Officer. Today, at First Minister’s question time, I asked the First Minister about the union connectivity review. I referred to a project between the United Kingdom and Scottish Governments that aims to develop options to cut rail journey times and said that Transport Scotland officials have been told to stop working on it. In her answer, the First Minister said that I was completely wrong. However, I was not wrong, because I was at the public meeting at which a Transport Scotland official said that that had happened, as was the transport editor of The Scotsman, who duly reported it. Could the First Minister be invited to correct the record so that Parliament has not been unduly misinformed?
I thank the member for his point of order. That is not a matter for the Presiding Officer. The member will be aware that there is a mechanism to correct the Official Report that members can proceed with should they consider that there is a need to do so. Mr Simpson could pursue that, should he wish to do so.