Given that both the Govan and Scotstoun yards are not only owned by a defence contractor but build defence ships, I would be interested to hear whether the Deputy First Minister put the case to BAE Systems that the yards should diversify their business into other types of ships and what response BAE Systems made to that.In the wider debate, asking questions should not be viewed as a negative thing to do, so it is disappointing that, when an academic spoke out this week to express his view, a Scottish Government minister contacted...