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The Official Report is a written record of public meetings of the Parliament and committees.  

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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 11 February 2025
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Public Audit Committee [Draft]

Section 22 Report: “The 2023/24 audit of Ferguson Marine Port Glasgow (Holdings) Limited”

Meeting date: 5 February 2025

Graham Simpson

Okay—we are getting there. Those people all got a week’s money.

Let me ask about Mr Petticrew—I am sorry; I mean Mr Tydeman. I will ask you a question, Mr Petticrew, but we will come on to that.

Mr Tydeman was sacked last March for what were described as “performance issues”. That is all that we have been told so far. Mr Miller, you were the man who did the deed. What were those performance issues?

Public Audit Committee [Draft]

Section 22 Report: “The 2023/24 audit of Ferguson Marine Port Glasgow (Holdings) Limited”

Meeting date: 5 February 2025

Graham Simpson

I am going to stop you there, Mr Miller—that is waffle. I am asking you both a simple question: has the Glen Rosa been further delayed and is there an increase in costs? That is a simple question.

Public Audit Committee [Draft]

Section 22 Report: “The 2023/24 audit of Ferguson Marine Port Glasgow (Holdings) Limited”

Meeting date: 5 February 2025

Graham Simpson

You do not know.

Public Audit Committee [Draft]

Section 22 Report: “The 2023/24 audit of Ferguson Marine Port Glasgow (Holdings) Limited”

Meeting date: 5 February 2025

Graham Simpson

You just said that you did know.

Public Audit Committee [Draft]

Section 22 Report: “The 2023/24 audit of Ferguson Marine Port Glasgow (Holdings) Limited”

Meeting date: 5 February 2025

Graham Simpson

That is interesting and useful information. It sheds a bit of light on why you got rid of Mr Tydeman.

Public Audit Committee [Draft]

Section 22 Report: “The 2023/24 audit of Ferguson Marine Port Glasgow (Holdings) Limited”

Meeting date: 5 February 2025

Graham Simpson

I am glad that you have had the opportunity to say that, because it is good to hear somebody speak with such passion about what they do.

Public Audit Committee [Draft]

Section 22 Report: “The 2023/24 audit of Ferguson Marine Port Glasgow (Holdings) Limited”

Meeting date: 5 February 2025

Graham Simpson

Good morning, gents. I want to go back to something that the convener was asking about: the publication of board minutes. Mr Dishon, is it normal practice to publish sets of board minutes en bloc, as you appear to be about to do?

Public Audit Committee [Draft]

Section 22 Report: “The 2023/24 audit of Ferguson Marine Port Glasgow (Holdings) Limited”

Meeting date: 5 February 2025

Graham Simpson

I often try the patience of the convener.

Public Audit Committee [Draft]

Section 22 Report: “The 2023/24 audit of Ferguson Marine Port Glasgow (Holdings) Limited”

Meeting date: 5 February 2025

Graham Simpson

I will ask you about him in a minute.

There has also been coverage of a report called the accountability report, which is in your name, Mr Dishon. [Interruption.] We are still getting some feedback—perhaps that could be sorted out.

The report says that, during 2023-24, seven staff were dismissed for different reasons, which included poor performance and the yard’s

“zero tolerance approach to alcohol and drugs”,

and that all seven staff members received exit packages

“in line with their contractual requirements”.

To me, that reads as though people were dismissed because they breached the company’s policy on drug and alcohol use. Is that correct?

Public Audit Committee [Draft]

Section 22 Report: “The 2023/24 audit of Ferguson Marine Port Glasgow (Holdings) Limited”

Meeting date: 5 February 2025

Graham Simpson

Do you know, Mr Miller?