Chamber and committees

Are you hopeful that you will sign this individual?

John has explained himself ably, so I will pass back to you, convener.

One of the assumptions in the business plan is that the yard will remain in public ownership for five years. Is that realistic?

But is five years realistic, in your view, or could the period be shorter?

Following one of our previous meetings, there was quite a lot of publicity about the exit packages paid to FMPG employees, each of which has been valued at above the £95,000 threshold set out in the Scottish public finance manual. There were three of those packages in 2023-24, two of which were paid without approval from the Scottish Government. The question for you, Mr Miller, as chair of the board, is this: how could that happen?

That was Mr Tydeman.

Okay. So, you will attempt to bring it in by September.

Does anyone know?

Okay. Given that you had those concerns about Mr Tydeman’s performance, I presume that you discussed them with him.

I will ask about that.