Question reference: S6W-12309
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 17 November 2022
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Current status: Answered by John Swinney on 30 November 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will restructure and integrate Ferguson Marine (Port Glasgow) Limited under the tripartite agreement between Transport Scotland, Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited and CalMac Ferries Limited in order for it to be able to directly award future public sector shipbuilding contracts to any Scottish shipbuilding facility owned by it, on a similar basis to the operation of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution's All-weather Lifeboat Centre in Poole and Inshore Lifeboat Centre in East Cowes on the Isle of Wight.
Answer
The scope for the Project Neptune report published on 8 September 2022, which examined the governance arrangements of the existing tripartite arrangements, specifically excluded Ferguson Marine (Port Glasgow) Limited. Further consultation regarding the future options will be commencing shortly and we will carefully consider the responses.
The Scottish Government has no current plans to restructure and integrate Ferguson Marine (Port Glasgow) Limited under the tripartite agreement between Transport Scotland, Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited and CalMac Ferries Limited.