Meeting of the Parliament

Meeting date: Thursday, May 2, 2024

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Point of Order

On a point of order, Deputy Presiding Officer. I would like to correct the record. During the earlier members’ business debate, Alasdair Allan said:

“transmission charges result in higher electricity costs for residents of northern Scotland”.

This is not a debating point. That is not true. I will quote from the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee’s report on Scotland’s electricity infrastructure. In paragraph 131 of that report, Jack Presley Abbott of the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets is quoted as telling the committee:

“it is a fact that Scottish consumers pay the lowest transmission charges anywhere in Great Britain.”

I hope that that corrects the record.

Thank you, Mr Golden. You know that that is not a point of order, but it is now on the record.

There will be a brief pause to allow members on the front benches to change before we move to the next item of business.