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A BLUEPRINT to save the Grangemouth industrial cluster is being progressed and will not sit “on a shelf,” SNP deputy First Minister Kate Forbes said today.
Ms Forbes defended Project Willow in a Holyrood ministerial statement just 24 hours after the report’s co-author Anu Bhambi told Westminster’s Scottish affairs select committee that unions’ favoured short-term option for the site’s survival — sustainable aviation fuel production — could take years.
“Project Willow cannot and will not become a report that merely sits on a shelf — it is a call to action for the public and private sectors to work together to harness the potential of Granegemouth, the Deputy First Minister assured MSPs. “Project Willow is being progressed.”
Socialist MSP Richard Leonard however enquired: “Unite were in Parliament yesterday and warned if it closes this year, the infrastructure will run down, the works will go and Porject Willow will in their words be nothing but a paper excercise.
“What actions have you taken even at this very late stage to prevent the refinery from closing down?”
“Unite make an excellent point,” Ms Forbes responded, failing to answer the question.
