:00:21. > :00:27.A very warm welcome to Holyrood. They will be discussing transport.
:00:27. > :00:31.Let's see where the next session takes them. Let's go over for the
:00:31. > :00:35.First Minister's Questions. A last week's unemployment figures
:00:35. > :00:40.reveal more jobs are being lost in Scotland than in any other part of
:00:40. > :00:43.the United Kingdom. This week, we are presented with more grim
:00:43. > :00:52.forecasts for the construction and retail sector. The First Minister
:00:52. > :01:01.needs to realise this about real people and real jobs. The plan has
:01:01. > :01:07.failed. Can he tell us to date why some of the jobs lost in the UK
:01:07. > :01:13.where Scottish jobs? The unemployment problem in
:01:13. > :01:17.Scotland is extremely serious. There is no question whatsoever.
:01:17. > :01:21.She should remember that the employment rate, the percentage of
:01:21. > :01:26.people employed in the economy, is higher in Scotland than in any
:01:26. > :01:30.other country in these islands. Inactivity rate, people who are not
:01:30. > :01:37.in the labour market, is much lower. These are good things about the job
:01:37. > :01:42.market. The recession and the slow recovery is impacting the lives of
:01:42. > :01:47.families in Scotland and across these islands. Shouldn't we turn
:01:47. > :01:52.our attention to what can be done about it in terms of the UK budget
:01:52. > :01:56.which is coming up, both in terms of increasing capital spending
:01:56. > :02:01.which has been demonstrated as a rapid and effective way of getting
:02:01. > :02:05.people back to work and also an increasing funding to small and
:02:05. > :02:12.medium-sized businesses. For they are the great drivers of the
:02:12. > :02:17.economy. Meant it as an operation has refused to deliver the full
:02:17. > :02:25.goods that was promised. -- Merlin. Let's turn our attention to what
:02:25. > :02:29.can be done. That is what the Scottish government is doing.
:02:29. > :02:35.ever, the First Minister focuses on other people's responsibilities are
:02:35. > :02:39.not his own. His own budget for jobs and growth could be done under
:02:39. > :02:44.the Trades Description Act never mind about talking the budget at UK
:02:44. > :02:47.level. If last week the number of young people unemployed broke the
:02:48. > :02:57.one and 1,000 Markham it is unacceptable. The First Minister
:02:57. > :03:01.had nothing to save. -- the 100,000 mark. He was arguing the the Prime
:03:01. > :03:06.Minister about who knows best how to run a referendum. More and more
:03:06. > :03:12.young people are being shut out of the job market with a long term
:03:12. > :03:16.consequences we should all fear. From the very man who launched a
:03:16. > :03:24.consultation document in a castle, when is it going to put people
:03:24. > :03:31.before prestige? The position of youth unemployment
:03:31. > :03:38.is extremely serious. This government has appointed a minister
:03:38. > :03:40.for youth employment which is why we are bringing forward initiatives
:03:40. > :03:46.like 125,000 modern apprenticeships -- apprenticeships over the next
:03:46. > :03:52.five years. 60% higher than the level of modern apprenticeships
:03:52. > :04:00.that we inherited. Every modern apprentice in Scotland has a job, a
:04:00. > :04:05.critical factor of the Modern apprenticeship system. We are
:04:05. > :04:09.offering a guaranteed to every 16- Nineteen-year-old in Scotland who
:04:09. > :04:15.is not in education or training or in a job or a modern apprenticeship,
:04:15. > :04:22.they will have a training or education opportunity. That it is
:04:22. > :04:28.very substantive action indeed to tackle the issue before us. We had
:04:28. > :04:32.come a couple of weeks ago, a forum for youth employment in Scotland.
:04:32. > :04:38.That United the unions, the employers, a whole variety of
:04:38. > :04:41.people in the voluntary sector and other political parties. People
:04:41. > :04:51.united to drive against the evil of youth unemployment and the prospect
:04:51. > :04:56.of seeing a lost generation as was seen in the 1980s. That was the
:04:56. > :05:01.time that a third of everybody at that forum. I would love to ask a
:05:01. > :05:06.Johann Lamont to think about whether she can take the good
:05:06. > :05:10.wishes and goodwill expressed in that forum into this chamber and
:05:10. > :05:16.demonstrate to Scotland that every party, every MSP is committed to
:05:16. > :05:22.fight the evil of youth unemployment.
:05:22. > :05:26.Of course we support that. We want the First Minister to do those
:05:26. > :05:30.things that need to beat them because the reality is it is not
:05:30. > :05:36.working. He talks about his new minister for employment. That is
:05:36. > :05:41.one job for one woman but what about the other 399 women who were
:05:41. > :05:45.losing their jobs every day? Of all the First Minister talks about it,
:05:45. > :05:50.despite the promise made by the First Minister at the election to
:05:50. > :05:55.protect public service workers, nearly 24,000 people to deliver
:05:55. > :05:59.public services lost their jobs last year. It has the First
:05:59. > :06:01.Minister to vote -- who chose to pass on the cuts are to local
:06:01. > :06:06.government and it was inevitable that women would bear the brunt of
:06:06. > :06:11.those cuts. Female unemployment is at its highest rate since records
:06:11. > :06:17.began. Why is the first -- Why has the First Minister broken his
:06:18. > :06:24.promise? A few things about labour's
:06:24. > :06:27.approach to these. Labour demanded in this chamber the employment of
:06:27. > :06:34.the minister for youth employment. What is the point of demanding
:06:34. > :06:42.something and then deriding it was that initiative is taken? -- wants
:06:42. > :06:47.that. Labour voted it is having 25,000 modern apprenticeships in
:06:47. > :06:57.Scottish society. It is also the case that two weeks ago they voted
:06:57. > :06:57.
:06:57. > :07:02.increasing capital spending. -- voted against. Labour have of
:07:02. > :07:07.course the five-point plan for growth. Four of which I issues for
:07:07. > :07:12.the United Kingdom government. Four out of five labour's plan for
:07:12. > :07:14.growth that is used for the United Kingdom government. How unearthed
:07:15. > :07:23.birds Johann Lamont say we should not be calling on the UK Government
:07:23. > :07:28.to do think when the Labour Party's plan is? On the issue of women in
:07:29. > :07:36.the workforce, female employment in Scotland is higher than elsewhere
:07:36. > :07:45.in these islands. Many tell Johann Lamont what we're doing. -- let me
:07:46. > :07:53.tell you. In 2008, 2009, there were young women in modern
:07:53. > :08:01.apprenticeships. The figure was 27% of the total figure of
:08:01. > :08:05.apprenticeships. In 2010, in a larger group of apprenticeships,
:08:05. > :08:09.9,000 women when into apprenticeships. That was 45% of
:08:09. > :08:19.modern apprenticeships. I would like to see that figure even higher
:08:19. > :08:22.
:08:22. > :08:27.incidentally. They should not criticise the party that has
:08:27. > :08:32.increased modern apprenticeships by 60% and the number of young women
:08:32. > :08:36.taking that live opportunity by Foley 20%. Let us see if Johann
:08:36. > :08:46.Lamont has the grace to welcome that substantial employment a
:08:46. > :08:51.slight improvement in female participation. It is breathtaking
:08:51. > :09:01.complacency by the First Minister. In the face of unemployment figures
:09:01. > :09:02.
:09:02. > :09:07.that have made his blood run cold to suggest everything is OK. The
:09:07. > :09:11.First Minister was giving a lecture in London about separation when the
:09:11. > :09:15.figures were released as that maybe you can take advice and listen for
:09:15. > :09:21.a change to its Labour government in Wales and dozen other parts of
:09:21. > :09:25.the United Kingdom where their figures have gone better not worst.
:09:25. > :09:31.Unemployment heads to a quarter of a million mark in Scotland under
:09:31. > :09:38.the First Minister's watch. When will the First Minister get on with
:09:38. > :09:42.the job of running the country and addressing people's real concerns?
:09:43. > :09:48.I asked if it to one Lamond had the grace to acknowledge a huge
:09:48. > :09:50.improvement in young women entering the workforce.S Johann Lamont. It
:09:50. > :09:55.wasn't a question that deserve to be answered on the fact the answer
:09:55. > :10:00.was pretty obvious. She mentioned Wales. I am not certain that is the
:10:00. > :10:04.stronger suit for Johann Lamont to go down. Unemployment in Wales is
:10:04. > :10:14.at 9% which is high compared with the 8th by 6% in Scotland. It has
:10:14. > :10:16.
:10:16. > :10:21.gone up by a 0.7% compared to 0.67 % in Scotland. The situations in
:10:21. > :10:29.Wales wears as Scotland is serious. The First Minister of Wales and
:10:29. > :10:34.myself have called jointly for the action from the UK Government in
:10:34. > :10:40.order to address this crisis of employment. One of the keys to
:10:40. > :10:50.addressing it is to do it what is government dead, bringing forward
:10:50. > :10:56.
:10:56. > :10:59.capital investment. -- government did. Last week, there was a chink
:10:59. > :11:07.of light. In the middle of the discussions with the Prime Minister
:11:08. > :11:14.I said, capital investment, the way forward in the economy at this
:11:14. > :11:22.particular moment to. The Prime Minister asked us to submit a list
:11:22. > :11:26.of the ready capital projects for their consideration. I hope when
:11:26. > :11:33.that list of building new schools, hospitals, roads and a repair
:11:33. > :11:39.budget is put forward, it will get the support from the Labour Party.
:11:39. > :11:48.We're trying to break the stranglehold of Westminster over
:11:48. > :11:52.the capital budget of Scotland. When will you next meet the Prime
:11:52. > :11:56.Minister? I have plans to meet the Prime
:11:56. > :12:01.Minister's, having met him last week.
:12:01. > :12:08.On Thursday of last week, the Deputy First Minister was caught
:12:08. > :12:13.out on a radio programme suggesting the O A C D endorsed a claimed that
:12:13. > :12:16.Scotland would be the six independent writers country. Come
:12:16. > :12:24.the First Minister confirm the statistics are not in fact endorsed
:12:24. > :12:29.by the O A C D and are not official? For the government -- but
:12:29. > :12:36.they are government statistics. Their rankings at the number of
:12:36. > :12:46.countries in the organisation of development, an independent
:12:46. > :12:48.
:12:48. > :12:51.Scotland would be six in it the list. It does support the previous
:12:51. > :12:56.comments from Ruth Davies when she acknowledged that an independent
:12:56. > :13:02.Scotland would be good enough and rich enough to be an independent
:13:02. > :13:10.country. Before she starts to talk about other people being caught out
:13:10. > :13:14.on the radio, I think we should examine the records of her own
:13:14. > :13:20.remarkable interview in Newsnight Scotland when faced with a
:13:20. > :13:30.difficult year trying to reconcile Lord Forsyth and David Cameron's
:13:30. > :13:31.
:13:31. > :13:37.views on Scotland in the constitution, she used a remarkable
:13:37. > :13:46.wedding to agree with them both! The Prime Minister agrees with me.
:13:46. > :13:52.On the issue that I raised with the First Minister, on Friday afternoon,
:13:52. > :13:57.on Friday afternoons, the First Minister's adviser was scrabbling
:13:57. > :14:06.around the media tower handing out it while flying document. Is
:14:06. > :14:13.supported their climbss claims of the O A C D. We find the figures of
:14:13. > :14:19.was the First Minister relies on the website. There was a cautionary
:14:19. > :14:24.warning the statistics are not deemed fit for general use. They do
:14:24. > :14:27.not make the standard of National Statistics. They are not official
:14:27. > :14:32.and my own personal favourite should not be the subject of media
:14:32. > :14:36.releases. A First Minister needs to stop presenting his assertions as
:14:36. > :14:43.fact and manipulating the data to suit his narrow purpose. Can I ask,
:14:43. > :14:46.but the First Minister authorised the release of information based on
:14:46. > :14:52.these figures to the media and if he is prepared to be so slippery on
:14:53. > :15:00.this issue, how can anybody have any faith in anything he ever says?
:15:00. > :15:07.Yes, I bed and they will gladly republish the information. -- I bed.
:15:07. > :15:12.You have to take the it gross domestic total of Scotland and
:15:12. > :15:17.tickets from what is excluded from the government figures. You may say
:15:17. > :15:24.why should we put in the oil and gas production from the North Sea?
:15:24. > :15:28.That appears in the UK Government figures. It is only excluded from
:15:28. > :15:36.the Scottish figures allocated by the UK Government because some time
:15:36. > :15:40.ago, if she cares to read the history on the oil and gas, back in
:15:40. > :15:45.the 1960s a UK Chancellor decided to create another country in these
:15:45. > :15:50.islands. It was called the offshore continental shelf. It was a device
:15:50. > :15:54.so that the oil and gas industry could be extracted from the figures
:15:54. > :15:58.of Scotland. From the leaks that have come out at that time,
:15:58. > :16:03.successive governments were told that an independent Scotland would
:16:03. > :16:11.be richer than Switzerland. Labour and Tory politicians were telling
:16:11. > :16:21.us we would be poorer than Bangladesh. Her best when she is on
:16:21. > :16:24.
:16:24. > :16:32.shaky ground. -- she is on shaky She has said we will talk about
:16:32. > :16:38.devolution after independence. What happened to the line in the sand?
:16:38. > :16:45.What happened to the line in the sand by which she beat Murdo Fraser
:16:45. > :16:51.in the Tory leadership condition test? What the chamber must know,
:16:51. > :16:57.now she has been elected in the Conservative Party, is she going to
:16:57. > :17:06.follow the policy of Murdo Fraser, who she beat? Or Lord Forsyth, who
:17:06. > :17:11.she phones up? Thank you the First Minister may be aware that a
:17:11. > :17:15.company manufacturing oral care products located in my constituency
:17:15. > :17:20.closed its door to manufacturing on Friday, transferring production to
:17:20. > :17:25.Malaysia, because of cheaper production costs. There was a loss
:17:25. > :17:30.of 130 jobs. The intention to relocate was made public last year.
:17:30. > :17:36.Can I ask what has been done since then in preparation for these
:17:36. > :17:41.redubbed sis - eredundancies? share her concern regarding
:17:41. > :17:45.developments in respect of the company. The impacting -- this is
:17:45. > :17:49.having on the employees and the area. Can I confirm what we have
:17:49. > :17:54.been doing and will continue to do everything to support employees,
:17:54. > :17:59.the local scheme has been involved to provide support since the
:17:59. > :18:05.company announced their intention to move to Malaysia. Support has
:18:05. > :18:10.been provided with two special events for employ yeahs, one in
:18:10. > :18:14.November last year and one in January this year. I can assure
:18:14. > :18:19.Christine Grahame the team will provide support to employ yess to
:18:19. > :18:29.minimise the time that those individuals are affected. -- plom
:18:29. > :18:32.Iees. - employees. The nm will be arare of the NHS in Arran's
:18:32. > :18:36.mishandling of a freedom of information request. The report and
:18:36. > :18:41.the poor management that may have put patient safety at risk as a
:18:41. > :18:45.result. While I welcome the cabinet Secretary's announcement of an
:18:45. > :18:49.inquiry into practices by health care improvement Scotland, can the
:18:49. > :18:54.First Minister assure me that the lessons that should have been
:18:54. > :19:00.learned following over 20 deaths, 50 critical incident and the
:19:00. > :19:04.creation of action plans, can the First Minister assure me now that
:19:04. > :19:11.the lessons that should have been learned will now be learned and the
:19:11. > :19:19.patient safety of my constituency not be put at further risk by the
:19:19. > :19:22.ineptness of NHS Ayrshire and Arran managers? I should declare an
:19:22. > :19:28.interest, that Rab Wilson who sought the freedom of information
:19:28. > :19:33.request is a personal friend of mine and a great character. He was
:19:33. > :19:37.involved in the critical incident in September of 2006. Can I welcome
:19:37. > :19:44.the way that John Scott has introduced the subject and support
:19:44. > :19:49.his welcome for the actions of Health Secretary. The answers to
:19:49. > :19:54.his question is question and the Secretary has instructed the
:19:54. > :19:58.trustoted review their policy and report within the week to ensure
:19:58. > :20:03.they are complying with the legislation and asked health
:20:03. > :20:08.improvement Scotland to carry out an audit of procedures and consider
:20:08. > :20:13.any national lessons that can be learned. I hope that satisfys the
:20:14. > :20:20.member, the action taken by the Health Secretary is appropriate to
:20:20. > :20:26.these serious circumstances. To ask the First Minister what issues will
:20:26. > :20:32.be discussed at the cabinet? Issues of importance to the people of
:20:32. > :20:39.Scotland. I'm on the issue on Ayrshire and Arran and John Scott's
:20:39. > :20:44.question, I'm confused, because the First Minister knew about this, but
:20:44. > :20:49.yesterday the Health Secretary instructed an immediate report into
:20:49. > :20:53.the problems. Why has it taken three months since the Price
:20:53. > :21:01.Waterhouse report was published in November for the health sct Troy
:21:01. > :21:04.act? -- sect trito act. I think the actions taken are Timious and the
:21:04. > :21:09.double action of not just looking at the freedom of information
:21:09. > :21:14.policy, but looking to the heart of what the freedom of information
:21:14. > :21:18.request was about is very important as well. Hence the also asking
:21:18. > :21:22.health improvement Scotland to carry out that urgent audit. I
:21:22. > :21:27.think most fair minded people would say that twin action of not just
:21:27. > :21:32.getting the Ayrshire and Arran to by a I pied by their
:21:32. > :21:37.responsibilities with regard to freedom of information, but get to
:21:38. > :21:43.heart of the failures that perhaps are evident and that audit done is
:21:43. > :21:47.a comprehensive and proper response to these circumstances. Why has it
:21:47. > :21:50.taken three months for us to find out about this problem? This is a
:21:50. > :21:56.serious problem. Earlier this month I asked the First Minister about
:21:56. > :22:02.extending freedom of information laws. He refused. This case shows
:22:02. > :22:07.the value of freedom of information. Kevin Dunnion was critical. He said
:22:07. > :22:11.this was perhaps the most serious catalogue of failings they have
:22:11. > :22:17.ever dealt W yesterday the First Minister's personal friend has done
:22:17. > :22:21.a great service, he took up, when can we expect to see in this
:22:21. > :22:28.Parliament a comprehensive Report covering freedom of information,
:22:28. > :22:33.covering all health bard and will patients across Scotland have to
:22:33. > :22:38.rely on Rab Wilson, or will the Scottish Government do their job?
:22:38. > :22:43.The report came out this week. The Health Secretary has taken the
:22:43. > :22:46.appropriate serious response. Can I say, health bards are covered by
:22:46. > :22:50.freedom of information. It is not the issue which he was pursuing of
:22:50. > :22:53.extending freedom of information. This is about enforcing freedom of
:22:53. > :22:59.information on a body has already covered by freedom of information.
:22:59. > :23:02.And whale that aspect is important, and it is being pursued by the
:23:02. > :23:06.Health Secretary, he and the constituency member will agree that
:23:06. > :23:10.the underlying issue that is health and safety and the procedures that
:23:10. > :23:13.are in place is the key to improvement as well. So the twin
:23:13. > :23:18.action of making sure freedom of information is enforced in a body
:23:18. > :23:23.which is covered by it and looking at the underlying issue of the
:23:23. > :23:29.safety procede yuers I think is an appropriate action for the Health
:23:29. > :23:33.Secretary to take. To is the First Minister given the impact what
:23:33. > :23:39.action the Scottish Government is taking to ensure competition
:23:39. > :23:45.remains on ruepts from Scotland to Heathrow airport. -- routes.
:23:45. > :23:49.Government is working with airlines and the operators of airports to
:23:49. > :23:55.improve connectivity. The focus on business, investment and tourism.
:23:55. > :24:01.It should be said there noise shortage of interest by -- there
:24:01. > :24:08.noise shortage of interest by airlines. Emirates have offered a
:24:08. > :24:15.double daily service from Glasgow, jet Two are expanding in the
:24:15. > :24:22.country and we expect the current owner of Edinburgh aifrpt - airport
:24:22. > :24:26.to compete to attract new airlines that meet the potential demands.
:24:26. > :24:32.am sure the First Minister will I share my disappointment that this
:24:32. > :24:37.week Rayan air announced a decision to cutback services from Edinburgh.
:24:37. > :24:44.-- Ryanair. What progress is being made in urging the UK Government to
:24:44. > :24:50.devolve the power of air passenger duty o' so links can remain
:24:50. > :24:55.competitive? I regret Ryanair's decision, but it provides an
:24:55. > :25:00.example of difficulties of airline and the airport. As the airport,
:25:00. > :25:04.Edinburgh airport pointed out, it would have been impossible to grant
:25:04. > :25:10.some exemption or special deal to Ryanair from duty without doing
:25:10. > :25:16.that to every carrier in Edinburgh airport. And therefore the solution
:25:16. > :25:20.and the key solution should be to exemplify in Scotland what the
:25:20. > :25:25.United Kingdom Government is offering to Northern Ireland. The
:25:25. > :25:32.devolution of air passenger duty, so we can can make sure our
:25:32. > :25:36.airports are competitive to expand. And that if I remember was one of
:25:36. > :25:40.recommendations of the Calman Commission which somehow has
:25:40. > :25:46.disappeared from the legislation going through the houses of
:25:46. > :25:54.Parliament in Westminster. Just let's in case anyone thinks there
:25:54. > :25:59.is not support outside the chaim we are - chamber. I have a letter
:25:59. > :26:03.saying, air passenger duty is a barrier to growth and I welcome the
:26:03. > :26:06.continuing efforts of Scottish Government to do devolve it to
:26:06. > :26:16.Scotland so decisions affecting the future can be made in Scotland in
:26:16. > :26:19.the best interests of Scotland's airports. So say all of us! To ask
:26:19. > :26:25.the First Minister what actions the Scottish Government is taking to
:26:25. > :26:28.improve confidence in the construction sector. In the face of
:26:28. > :26:34.a United Kingdom Conservative/liberal Government cut
:26:34. > :26:39.to our budget of over 30%, a cut first put in place by Alistair
:26:39. > :26:43.Darling, cuts that were to be deeper and tougher according to the
:26:43. > :26:50.former Chancellor than those of Margaret Thatcherer, the Scottish
:26:50. > :26:55.Government is max miegz spending by supporting jobs. We're switching
:26:55. > :27:00.money from resource to capital at the most difficult time. We're
:27:00. > :27:05.taking forward a new programme of investment worth �2.5 billion. As a
:27:05. > :27:12.result capital spending will grow over the review period. Of course
:27:12. > :27:18.with cap pal borrowing powers, we could do more. -- capital. The same
:27:18. > :27:24.old record and unlike the Scottish construction sector the First
:27:24. > :27:29.Minister's confidence is not at minus 28. Is he complacent that two
:27:29. > :27:33.thirds of spri expect construction activity to fall and only one tenth
:27:33. > :27:38.expect an increase. Is he complacent that 30,000 jobs have
:27:38. > :27:44.been lost in the sector? And is he complacent that the annual rate of
:27:44. > :27:50.new house building is at its lowest level since records began? And does
:27:50. > :27:55.he not consider it is time to consider whether reducing the
:27:55. > :28:01.affordable housing supply budget by 30% in the current year is not the
:28:01. > :28:06.correct policy when the sector is so depressed, or does he in fact
:28:06. > :28:14.believe that the Chinese will build Scotland's houses as well as our
:28:14. > :28:18.bridges? Is she unaware of what has happened to public sector capital
:28:18. > :28:23.budget? Normally, when we talk about the squeeze on the revenue
:28:23. > :28:29.budgets in Scotland, Labour can say we have said it is too far and too
:28:29. > :28:35.fast we go slower. Of course, in term of dramatic cuts of 30% in the
:28:35. > :28:39.capital budget, the plans left by the Labour party were to go even
:28:39. > :28:44.paster. So there is nothing in the sliegest complacent about this
:28:44. > :28:50.Government in terms of capital the end e spending, but time Labour
:28:50. > :28:54.accepted for laying plans which saw the greatest reduction in public
:28:54. > :28:59.capital investment in the last generation. And to Elaine Murray,
:28:59. > :29:03.every time we challenge ministers on this, the first answer is we
:29:03. > :29:07.have improved the position we were left by Alistair Darling. So if I
:29:07. > :29:12.put on SPICE Alistair Darling's phone number, maybe she could give
:29:12. > :29:21.him a ring and ask him what on earth he was playing at in terms of
:29:21. > :29:27.the construction sector. In term of what the Government has done, if
:29:27. > :29:31.she casts her mind back to when this Government was able to
:29:31. > :29:35.accelerate capital investment and she will find the construction
:29:35. > :29:41.sector outperformed the rest of the UK proving that investment can have
:29:41. > :29:46.an effect on the economy. Is it therefore too much to ask her to
:29:46. > :29:52.respond to the challenge of agreement that Johann Lamont kubg -
:29:52. > :29:57.- ducked that is to join to the submit to the current regime the
:29:57. > :30:06.list of capital projects which could be spent now, benefiting
:30:06. > :30:13.Scotland, the Scottish construction sector and Scottish workers?
:30:13. > :30:16.should declare my interests as a debent chur holder at Rangers. I
:30:16. > :30:21.can I ask the First Minister what impact Rangers going into
:30:21. > :30:28.administration will have on the economy. I think some people
:30:28. > :30:34.recognised the tie as well. But it is a serious issue. Now Rangers are
:30:34. > :30:42.in administration, it is a hugely difficult time for the employees at
:30:42. > :30:45.the club. The administrators have said they hope the club can emerge
:30:45. > :30:51.from administration and the economic impact will be Lesened.
:30:52. > :30:56.But I hope a way can be found to allow try. Meet its obligations to