Question reference: S5W-34629
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 19 January 2021
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Current status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 29 January 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that staff at Ferguson Marine were allowed to arrive at the shipyard immediately after getting off an overseas flight at Edinburgh Airport and were not made to self-isolate, and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.
Answer
Fergusons pipe-fitting subcontractor, HB Hydraulics, which operates a subcontractor office on-site at the shipyard, recruited additional workers to handle the growing volume of its work on the dual fuel ferries. Without the prior knowledge or agreement of Fergusons management, a group of their workers arrived at the shipyard to collect accommodation details.