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01-Dec-12, 22:16
The First Minister told MSPs last month around 18,000 people were employed in
the renewables industry but even the trade body that represents wind farm
companies put the total at around 11,000
MSPs only discovered that the jobs total was incorrect and Mr Salmond’s
subsequent attempt to alter Holyrood’s records after the error was highlighted
by an anti-wind farm campaigner.
According to guidance issued by the Scottish Parliament, Mr Salmond should have
taken “steps to make the correction widely known”.
These include writing to Ms Smith, placing a copy of the correction in the
Scottish Parliament Information Centre’s (Spice) library and informing
opposition parties’ business managers.
However, Mr Salmond took none of these steps and MSPs remained unaware of the
error until Lyndsey Ward, a wind farm protester from Kiltarlity near Inverness,
contacted a regional newspaper to state the jobs total was inaccurate.
The latest doubts about Mr Salmond’s honesty came less than a week after he was
forced to apologise to MSPs for falsely claiming that college spending increased
this year
He has also faced accusations of lying on national television by suggesting he
held official legal advice supporting his claims about a separate Scotland’s EU
status when none had been commissioned.:eek:
the renewables industry but even the trade body that represents wind farm
companies put the total at around 11,000
MSPs only discovered that the jobs total was incorrect and Mr Salmond’s
subsequent attempt to alter Holyrood’s records after the error was highlighted
by an anti-wind farm campaigner.
According to guidance issued by the Scottish Parliament, Mr Salmond should have
taken “steps to make the correction widely known”.
These include writing to Ms Smith, placing a copy of the correction in the
Scottish Parliament Information Centre’s (Spice) library and informing
opposition parties’ business managers.
However, Mr Salmond took none of these steps and MSPs remained unaware of the
error until Lyndsey Ward, a wind farm protester from Kiltarlity near Inverness,
contacted a regional newspaper to state the jobs total was inaccurate.
The latest doubts about Mr Salmond’s honesty came less than a week after he was
forced to apologise to MSPs for falsely claiming that college spending increased
this year
He has also faced accusations of lying on national television by suggesting he
held official legal advice supporting his claims about a separate Scotland’s EU
status when none had been commissioned.:eek: