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Public Audit Committee
Section 23 Report: “New vessels for the Clyde and Hebrides: Arrangements to deliver vessels 801 and 802”
Meeting date: 30 June 2022
Craig Hoy
It is unconventional.
Public Audit Committee
Major Capital Projects
Meeting date: 30 June 2022
Craig Hoy
Is there a risk that campaign groups could hijack the planning process in order to slow down what you are saying is an essential infrastructure development?
Public Audit Committee
Section 23 Report: “New vessels for the Clyde and Hebrides: Arrangements to deliver vessels 801 and 802”
Meeting date: 30 June 2022
Craig Hoy
Mr Brannen’s account says that you went to the minister and sought his approval and that you were recommending to proceed with the vessels. That is what you would read into Mr Brannen’s statement, would you not?
Public Audit Committee
Section 23 Report: “New vessels for the Clyde and Hebrides: Arrangements to deliver vessels 801 and 802”
Meeting date: 30 June 2022
Craig Hoy
It is the 24 hours where it appears that you changed your mind. From memory, it was 8 to 9 October. What discussions were you having within the organisation?
Public Audit Committee
Section 23 Report: “New vessels for the Clyde and Hebrides: Arrangements to deliver vessels 801 and 802”
Meeting date: 30 June 2022
Craig Hoy
FMEL told us that it told relevant parties that it could not provide a builders refund guarantee.
Public Audit Committee
Section 23 Report: “New vessels for the Clyde and Hebrides: Arrangements to deliver vessels 801 and 802”
Meeting date: 30 June 2022
Craig Hoy
I have one final question. There are lots of contradictory accounts of what went wrong and why it went wrong, but Jim McColl says that one of the fundamental issues as to why the two vessels have gone so far over budget and so far off track in terms of schedule is your alleged meddling in the construction process. Did you tell FMEL in what order to build things?
Public Audit Committee
Section 23 Report: “New vessels for the Clyde and Hebrides: Arrangements to deliver vessels 801 and 802”
Meeting date: 30 June 2022
Craig Hoy
Were you given any reason as to why that was not taken up?
Public Audit Committee
Section 23 Report: “New vessels for the Clyde and Hebrides: Arrangements to deliver vessels 801 and 802”
Meeting date: 30 June 2022
Craig Hoy
It does slightly beggar belief that, when you got to such an intense period of negotiations where there were clearly issues, you would not just connect the two main parties.
Did anybody from CMAL attend the ceremony to mark the preferred bidder status being awarded?
Public Audit Committee
Section 23 Report: “New vessels for the Clyde and Hebrides: Arrangements to deliver vessels 801 and 802”
Meeting date: 30 June 2022
Craig Hoy
Why was that?
Public Audit Committee
Section 23 Report: “New vessels for the Clyde and Hebrides: Arrangements to deliver vessels 801 and 802”
Meeting date: 30 June 2022
Craig Hoy
There seems to be some dispute about the builders refund guarantee. In an email to Stuart McMillan, Derek Mackay suggested that you had waived the requirement in the past for a builders refund guarantee and that that was not pertinent or relevant to the discussions. Is that something that you are aware of?
