SNP defends Scottish shipbuilders

Posted on 25 June 2008

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Scottish politicians have stood up for the country's contractor shipbuilders, urging the UK government to sign a deal on two aircraft carriers.

The Scottish Affairs Committee has produced a report called Employment and Skills for the Defence Industry in Scotland, according to Your Shipbuilding News.

The publication reports the delay on agreeing the contract could endanger jobs at Scottish shipyards.

SNP member of the select committee, Angus MacNeil MP, was quoted by Your Shipbuilding News as saying: "The UK Government must get its act together and get this contract signed without any further delay."

He added Scotland had "the best yards and best workforce in the world" and said the UK government should repay the industry with the contract following the loss of 5,000 related jobs since 1997.

Mr MacNeil is a native Gaelic speaker from Barra and was elected as MP for Na h-Eileanan an lar, Western Isles, in 2005.

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