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Meeting of the Parliament 18 March 2026 [Draft]

18 Mar 2026 · S6 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Portfolio Question Time
Alexander Dennis Ltd (Support)
Kerr, Stephen Con Central Scotland Watch on SPTV

I thank the Deputy First Minister for the important update that she has just given. The order paper for today’s questions says that I have a registered interest in this area. I do not think that I do, so I think that it is a mistake. The registered interest that I definitely have and wish to register with everyone is in those highly skilled jobs in Larbert and Falkirk, which we should retain.

The Scottish zero emission bus challenge fund 3 programme is the real test of the Scottish Government’s claims on social value, because £45 million of public funding is about to be allocated. Will the Deputy First Minister confirm that not a single pound of taxpayers’ money will go towards Chinese-built buses and that that funding will support Scottish jobs and Scottish manufacturing?

In the same item of business

4. Stephen Kerr (Central Scotland) (Con) Con
To ask the Scottish Government what further support provisions will be available to Alexander Dennis following the expiration of the current £4 million suppo...
The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Gaelic (Kate Forbes) SNP
We continue to work closely with Alexander Dennis Ltd following our award of a time-limited company furlough scheme that is designed to retain jobs in the fi...
Stephen Kerr Con
I thank the Deputy First Minister for the important update that she has just given. The order paper for today’s questions says that I have a registered inter...
Kate Forbes SNP
It is important for me to say at the outset—because I have a declaration of interest to make—that my primary responsibility when answering these questions is...
Richard Leonard (Central Scotland) (Lab) Lab
I remind members of my voluntary register of trade union interests.Can I pay tribute to Kate Forbes, who, in my view, has been a breath of fresh air as an ac...
Kate Forbes SNP
I am very thankful for Richard Leonard’s kind words; I was almost dreading that there was a “but” coming afterwards, but I am grateful for those comments.Ric...
Paul Sweeney (Glasgow) (Lab) Lab
I wish the Deputy First Minister well in her future journey. We actually crossed paths as children, apparently—the fact that we stayed in the same street giv...
Kate Forbes SNP
The member makes a very interesting point, and I thank him, too, for his kind comments. It is an interesting approach, and we have looked carefully at all th...