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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: 8 September 2022
Colin Beattie
Mr McColl said that you had advised him privately that the CMAL board would resign if you interfered in its proceedings. Do you recall that conversation?
Public Audit Committee
Section 23 Report: “New vessels for the Clyde and Hebrides: Arrangements to deliver vessels 801 and 802”
Meeting date: 8 September 2022
Colin Beattie
You said that you found some governance arrangements to be a barrier to resolving the dispute. Can you give us a little more information on that?
Public Audit Committee
Section 23 Report: “New vessels for the Clyde and Hebrides: Arrangements to deliver vessels 801 and 802”
Meeting date: 8 September 2022
Colin Beattie
Yes. One of the key points here is that the decision was taken to nationalise the company but full due diligence does not seem to have been carried out, as would normally be the case. Will you comment on the reason for that?
Public Audit Committee
Section 23 Report: “New vessels for the Clyde and Hebrides: Arrangements to deliver vessels 801 and 802”
Meeting date: 8 September 2022
Colin Beattie
My memory is that the accountable officer—I cannot remember his name—said that only partial due diligence could be carried out. I think that it was said that that was partly due to time and the availability of information.
Public Audit Committee
Section 23 Report: “New vessels for the Clyde and Hebrides: Arrangements to deliver vessels 801 and 802”
Meeting date: 8 September 2022
Colin Beattie
Given that the decision was taken without a full understanding of the costs and challenges in the company, and in the light of subsequent issues and given its history, do you still think that it was the right thing to do?
Public Audit Committee
Section 23 Report: “New vessels for the Clyde and Hebrides: Arrangements to deliver vessels 801 and 802”
Meeting date: 8 September 2022
Colin Beattie
One of the most important things—it is the other side of the coin—was how FMEL spent the money. In your submission, you have a fairly short response on that question:
“Yes, and information was forthcoming.”
What was that information and how was it supplied to you?
Economy and Fair Work Committee
Registers of Scotland
Meeting date: 7 September 2022
Colin Beattie
You project staff reductions in the coming years, but you are talking about training staff and putting in extra resources.
Economy and Fair Work Committee
Registers of Scotland
Meeting date: 7 September 2022
Colin Beattie
I understand that your performance for April to June 2022 on first registrations was at 66.8 per cent. The aim is for all new registration cases to be completed within 35 days, but that is by March 2027.
Economy and Fair Work Committee
Registers of Scotland
Meeting date: 7 September 2022
Colin Beattie
So 35 days is just a notional target.
Economy and Fair Work Committee
Registers of Scotland
Meeting date: 7 September 2022
Colin Beattie
It will be five years before you will be where you want to be. That seems like an awful long time, when your performance percentages are already quite high. Why is not possible to do it more quickly?
