Point of Order

– in the Scottish Parliament at 4:33 pm on 2 May 2024.

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Photo of Alasdair Allan Alasdair Allan Scottish National Party 4:33, 2 May 2024

On a point of order, Presiding Officer. I understand that, earlier this afternoon, Maurice Golden suggested that I had misled the chamber by pointing to the higher electricity transmission charges that are faced in the north of Scotland. With your permission, I seek to put on the record that my comments were based on a statement by the director of business planning at Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks, who, in February 2021, said:

“Transmission use of system charges are indeed many, many times higher in the north of Scotland than elsewhere in GB.”

I suggest that, rather than making accusations, Mr Golden might want to take his point up with SSEN, although I have nothing to indicate that SSEN is wrong.

Photo of Alison Johnstone Alison Johnstone Green

Thank you, Dr Allan. We are probably all clear that the content of members’ contributions is ordinarily a matter for the member. Although your comments are on the record, that is not a point of order.