Conservative MSP for Highlands and Islands
Entered the Scottish Parliament on 20 February 2024 — appointed
I declare an interest as a small farmer. To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers that the reported £203 million it spent on external advisers to help administer agricultural support payments to be good value for money. (S6T-02447)
I remind members that the £203 million is on top of the nearly £180 million that it cost the Government to build the system in the first place. At the current rate of spend, by 2030, the Government will have spent £500 million on an IT system and consultants. Over the past two weeks, the Rural Affairs and Islands Committee has heard from industry leaders who have expressed...
The Government might have made some payments, but it is costing a lot of money to do that. I do not think that the minister really gets it. Every year over the past eight years, the Scottish National Party has squandered more than £25 million on IT consultancy fees. That money could have been used instead to double the sustainable farming capital fund. There is a lack of coherent...
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