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I like how you left the wee hand grenade until the very end. I will follow up on Keith Brown’s question about the experience over the past six months and ask about lessons learned and what has gone well—in a generic rather than a specific way—and could be sustained.
Are you able to measure how our offices have contributed to that? Thank you, Mr Brown. Just before I answer, because I will answer, you mentioned haggis earlier and the issues in Canada.
I should say that I am not sure that Mr Yousaf was the lead minister for the project at any point—I think that it was Keith Brown. Yes. And then Michael Matheson.
Since then, there have been successive transport ministers. Keith Brown remained transport minister for a while, Michael Matheson was transport minister for a while, Humza Yousaf was transport minister and Jenny Gilruth was transport minister, so you will have to ask them.
Those discussions are on-going. I understand Mr Brown’s point about what would happen if there was capacity in Scotland; however, the priority is to ensure that there is capacity in Scotland and, working with the appropriate minister, in England as well.
In September 1967, Her Majesty visited John Brown’s shipyard at Clydebank, which was the birthplace of the Royal Yacht Britannia, RMS Queen Mary and RMS Queen Elizabeth.
We will work to the order in which the witnesses appear on the agenda, so I ask Oonagh Brown to answer first. Thank you for inviting SCLD to give evidence.
Mr Swinney often led the charge; he often had a point. Gavin Brown’s sensible amendment identified the core problem in the Government’s approach to the appointments.