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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
Colin Beattie
What checks did CMAL make prior to making the milestone payments? Were the payments simply made against invoices?
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
Colin Beattie
Here is another easy one for you. Coming back to the BRG, which is a great bone of contention in this, when and how did CMAL first became aware that FMEL was unable to provide a full BRG?
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
Colin Beattie
Were you aware that in March 2015 Scottish ministers advised FMEL that a full BRG was not required?
Public Audit Committee
Major Capital Projects
Meeting date: 30 June 2022
Colin Beattie
I will follow on from my colleague, Craig Hoy, and be absolutely parochial about this, because I am the constituency MSP for the area in which Sheriffhall falls, so I get a huge amount of correspondence on it. I put on record my support for the Sheriffhall development, but also there is massive support among residents, particularly in the Midlothian area and in the Shawfair development. There is a great deal of anxiety that the development is being delayed. There is always a fear that the longer something is delayed, the more at risk it becomes. How secure is the funding for Sheriffhall? Is it set in stone?
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
Colin Beattie
Yes—March 2015.
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
Colin Beattie
In Mr McColl’s evidence on 16 June, he said that you were aware from the outset that FMEL could not provide a BRG. Is that correct?
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
Colin Beattie
Did FMEL not raise that; did it not question 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
Colin Beattie
Was it reasonable for you to assume at that point that it was not a matter of contention?
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
Colin Beattie
At the ITT stage, FMEL had not stated, one way or the other, whether a BRG was available, therefore the assumption was that there was.
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
Colin Beattie
You took legal advice on that, I believe.
