Amended Answers to Oral Questions β Question No. 10 to Minister, 22 October
Point of order. Thank you, Madam Speaker. I seek leave to make a personal explanation to correct an answer to an oral question on 22 October.
DEPUTY SPEAKER: Leave is sought for that purpose. Is there any objection? There is not.
Hon ERICA STANFORD: On 22 October, in question time, I stated that the Ministry of Education had advised me that it considered it was acting outside its appropriation for school transport assistance and that, as a result, the ministry may be in breach of the Public Finance Act. What I should have said is that the ministry had advised me that not undertaking its planned route reviews could put it in breach of the requirements of the Public Finance Act. The ministry has today clarified for me that, because they are currently undertaking reviews, they are acting within the appropriation.