Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 22 March 2011
22 Mar 2011 · S3 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
First Minister’s Question Time
Renewable Energy (Planning Guidelines)
As the session comes to a close, can you advise on what opportunity exists to rectify the false impression that was created, perhaps inadvertently, by an answer that the First Minister gave to a question at question time last week? In response to a question from me on the circumstances surrounding the resignation of the Rev Graham Blount from the Scottish fuel poverty forum, the First Minister stated:
“It is quite clear from the Rev Graham Blount’s letter that he doubts the effectiveness of the schemes that relate to the £12.5 million for local councils.”—[Official Report, 17 March 2011; c 34610.]
As the First Minister will be aware from the letter that Graham Blount sent to his minister in which he tendered his resignation, Graham Blount made it explicit that he was reacting not
“to the substance of the policy change”
but to the fact that the forum—and he, as its chair—had been left in the dark about that announcement and a range of other matters.
How could the First Minister set the record straight, in the interests of tackling an issue that all of us in the chamber take very seriously?
“It is quite clear from the Rev Graham Blount’s letter that he doubts the effectiveness of the schemes that relate to the £12.5 million for local councils.”—[Official Report, 17 March 2011; c 34610.]
As the First Minister will be aware from the letter that Graham Blount sent to his minister in which he tendered his resignation, Graham Blount made it explicit that he was reacting not
“to the substance of the policy change”
but to the fact that the forum—and he, as its chair—had been left in the dark about that announcement and a range of other matters.
How could the First Minister set the record straight, in the interests of tackling an issue that all of us in the chamber take very seriously?
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