I recently spoke in the Scottish Labour debate in Parliament: Build them at BiFab. As the windiest country in Europe, we should be angry and embarrassed that every single turbine around us has been imported. We have empty yards here in Scotland that are very able to produce and deliver the platforms for the offshore renewable projects that are being built off the coast of Scotland. We have seen contracts to provide those platforms being placed with companies in Indonesia, Belgium, Spain and the United Arab Emirates while Scottish yards lie empty and Scottish workers struggle to find jobs. The plan put forward by Unite and the GMB, which would help to secure jobs in Fife and be better for our planet, is the right one, and that the Parliament should support it. Let us build the new turbine jackets in Fife, find a way to jump-start the renewable supply chain in Scotland properly, and reap the benefits of a new green industrial revolution for a new generation.
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I also questioned the First Minister on this previously, see what she had to say on both occasions here:
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