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Members’ corrections guidance (144KB, pdf) posted 12 February 2025
When a member has made a request to correct inaccurate information provided in Parliamentary proceedings and it satisfies the relevant criteria, the corrections will be published on this page.
Guidance on this process, including the admissibility criteria, can be found in the members corrections guidance (163KB pdf).
Meeting of the Parliament - 27 February 2025
The First Minister (John Swinney) has identified an error in his contribution and provided the following correction to the Official Report of 27 February 2025.
First Minister (John Swinney):
At col 18, para 1, line 7—
Original text—
This Government has put money in place to support improvement in the lives of young people living in poverty through the Scottish child payment—originally, it was set at £5 for every eligible child; now, it is £26.70—which is helping to lift hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty.
Corrected text—
This Government has put money in place to support improvement in the lives of young people living in poverty through the Scottish child payment—originally, it was set at £5 for every eligible child; now, it is £26.70—which it is estimated is helping to keep 100,000 children out of relative poverty in 2024-25.
Correction
When a member has made a request to correct inaccurate information provided in Parliamentary proceedings and it satisfies the relevant criteria, the corrections will be published on this page.
Guidance on this process, including the admissibility criteria, can be found in the members corrections guidance (163KB pdf).
Very occasionally an editorial correction is required after the Official Report is finalised. Such corrections are entirely at the discretion of the Editor and will be published on this page.
Meeting of the Parliament – 8 September 2022
The Minister for Transport (Jenny Gilruth)
There is an error in the contribution of Jenny Gilruth.
At col 82, paragraph 10—
Published text—
“we will not be pursuing any routes that look to privatisation in the future, and we are always considering unbundling.”
Corrected text—
“we will not be pursuing any routes that look to privatisation in the future, nor are we considering unbundling.”