Finance and Public Administration Committee

Meeting date: Tuesday, January 10, 2023

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Correction

John Swinney has identified an error in his contribution and provided the following correction.

At col 54, paragraph 1—

Original text—

The first thing that I would say is that I do not consider our position to have a discernible effect on middle-income earners in Scotland. Essentially, the steps that we are taking are affecting individuals who are in the top two quartiles of the population in terms of earnings. We are concentrating the measures that we are taking on the top two quartiles—we are not discernibly affecting middle-income earners.

Corrected text—

The first thing that I would say is that I do not consider our position to have a discernible effect on middle-income earners in Scotland. Essentially, the steps that we are taking are affecting individuals who are in the top two deciles of the population in terms of earnings. We are concentrating the measures that we are taking on the top two deciles—we are not discernibly affecting middle-income earners.