Margaret Ewing
Scottish National Party · Scotland
“A new medical centre for Lochgelly is a shovel-ready project, but its delivery has been combined, at the 11th hour and to everyone’s surprise, with an entirely separate capital project that, although welcome, is not yet out of the starting blocks.”
“The announcement this week that Mossmorran is to close by February next year comes as devastating news to the hundreds of workers and contractors at the site. On Tuesday, ExxonMobil was very clear that the United Kingdom Labour Government’s damaging and uncompetitive economic and fiscal policies led to that decision.”
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“A new medical centre for Lochgelly is a shovel-ready project, but its delivery has been combined, at the 11th hour and to everyone’s surprise, with an entirely separate capital project that, although welcome, is not yet out of the starting blocks. Can a phased approach be considered so that Lochgelly can go first and a long-standing Government commitment to the people of Lochgelly can be met?”
“The Presiding Officer: Thank you, Ms Ewing. Annabelle Ewing: The only conclusion to draw is that, when push comes to shove, Scotland simply does not matter enough to the UK Labour Government.”
“The announcement this week that Mossmorran is to close by February next year comes as devastating news to the hundreds of workers and contractors at the site. On Tuesday, ExxonMobil was very clear that the United Kingdom Labour Government’s damaging and uncompetitive economic and fiscal policies led to that decision. Will the First Minister outline in a bit more detail what action the Scottish Government is taking to secure a future for the site? Does the First Minister share my utter disbelief and anger that, although the UK Labour Government can somehow find hundreds of millions of pounds to save steel production in Scunthorpe, provide a £600 million loan guarantee for a petrochemical plant in Belgium and change the regulatory regime to help the car industry in England, it cannot find one penny for Mossmorran?”