Letter: Scots contracts a drop in the Forth

TRANSPORT Scotland has had to admit that seven more sub-contracts have been awarded to foreign companies.

This is in addition to the 37,000-ton steel contract which went to Spain, Poland and China. The value was £79 million.

In an attempt to fudge the issue, Transport Minister Keith Brown had argued that 76 per cent of the contracts signed to date had gone to Scottish firms. Only later was it admitted that the 118 sub-contracts were only worth £20 million. £20 million out of £1.6 billion. Not a lot. No wonder politicians and union leaders have accused the SNP administration of failing Scotland’s workers.

Clark Cross, Linlithgow