Jayne Baxter
Former Labour MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife
Former Labour MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife
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I am pleased to speak in the debate as a representative of Mid Scotland and Fife, where residents and businesses suffered inconvenience, stress and financial hardship as a result of the closure of the Forth road bridge in December 2015. As a resident of Dunfermline, I was able to adjust my travel routine to meet the challenges of travelling to and from Edinburgh by train during that period....
In all honesty, minister, I am not in a position to answer that. I am not aware of any alternative proposals, but I do not have an encyclopaedic knowledge of everything that the Labour Party has proposed over the years. The committee also explored with witnesses whether carrying out work on the truss end links, as originally proposed by FETA in 2010, might have avoided the failure. Barry...
No. I need to make progress. Although, as the minister told the committee, “It is hard to answer the what-if questions,”—[Official Report, Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee, 24 February 2016; c 47.] it could be argued that the post-toll regime changed FETA’s role from having a self-contained income generation that could be spent on maintenance to one of governance, where...
Former Labour MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife
Entered the Scottish Parliament on 7 December 2012 — Appointed, regional replacement
Left the Scottish Parliament on 23 March 2016 — Election
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