Committee
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee 20 September 2023
20 Sep 2023 · S6 · Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Item of business
New Petitions
Clydeport (Public Ownership) (PE2029)
I am very grateful for your experience, passion and comprehensive range of suggestions, Mr Sweeney. Colleagues, I am very happy to embrace all of Mr Sweeney’s suggestions. Are there any others that you might wish to add?
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The Convener
Con
The next petition, PE2029, on nationalising Clydeport, to bring the ports and harbours on the River Clyde into public ownership, was lodged by Robert Buirds ...
Paul Sweeney
Lab
Thank you, convener. I have a personal interest in the petition. I have a background in the shipbuilding industry on the Clyde, working for BAE Systems, and...
The Convener
Con
Thank you very much, Mr Sweeney. I hesitate to invite colleagues to consider matters at all, because Mr Sweeney’s knowledge is fairly comprehensive. Do you ...
Paul Sweeney
Lab
The issue has been raised in the House of Commons and the Scottish Parliament over the years, but it has not had any serious focus. That has been most frustr...
The Convener
Con
I am very grateful for your experience, passion and comprehensive range of suggestions, Mr Sweeney. Colleagues, I am very happy to embrace all of Mr Sweeney’...
Maurice Golden
Con
The committee needs to be clear that we are conflating two separate asks here. One ask is in relation to what we have heard this morning about the future of ...
The Convener
Con
Those were some of the suggestions, along with others, that Mr Sweeney made. Yes, I do think that the petition opens up issues about which I knew very litt...