Stephen Flynn

This is just the start of our ambitious plans for the sector – we want all journeys to be more affordable and for bus services in every community across Scotland to be better.

We want Scotland to become a world-leader in sustainable tourism, and this is exactly the type of project that will help to make that vision a reality.

This investment will help local authorities deliver the bus priority measures, passenger facilities and wider improvements they believe are needed to make their local bus services more reliable.

That’s why I am bringing the entire sector together – passengers, operators and transport authorities alike – to see how new legislation can help deliver on those shared aims.

If we want our politicians to go and sit in row 46 beside the toilets and then land in Boston and then go and engage with US government officials having done so we'll get exactly what we deserve as politicians.

It's a bit of both isn't it? It's just clickbait. ‘Look how much John Swinney's trip cost’. People are going to click on it.

A third of the fleet is going to be brand new, which means you are not going to have so many ships breaking down, which will completely change the landscape.

Ministers had taken steps to protect its position under the GRA and to prevent any further unauthorised transactions involving the Lochaber businesses.

It took an obscene amount of time for the Glen Sannox and Glen Rosa ferries to be built.

I would disagree with that…I think the road to independence is one we are very much still on.

Some of the transactions undertaken by GFG Alliance entities should have been signed off by ministers under the terms of the Guarantee and Reimbursement Agreement (GRA).

No. No. No. I said it's a bit of both. So it is clickbait because people will click on it and engage with it...

A politician is only as good as the people who support them and I think it would be a bit silly for the First Minister to be awake and fully engage with what’s happening and his chief of staff and civil servant not to be…look it's really…

So the notion that we would suggest they don’t go and be rested to act on our behalf, I think, is childish...

Consent for the transactions was not sought and that the government had advised GFG Alliance that consent has not been granted.

I wanted to go there and hear from them directly because I am not afraid of difficult discussions.

We will be delivering that in a very short period of time.

We have a job to do in terms of making that compelling case.

I really struggle with the notion that we as a nation would want our leader not to be travelling in business class knowing that when they land in Boston and then down into Kentucky...

This investment marks a milestone in the creation of Scotland’s first AI growth zone in North Lanarkshire.

The action that the leadership team at Ferguson Marine is taking today is necessary to help secure a viable future for the yard, and that of commercial shipbuilding on the Clyde.

It was fascinating to visit Ellisland which contributes enormously to the story of Robert Burns.

We understand the difficult position that many now face which is why I am pleased to be able to confirm up to £3 million for the Highland Council to support affected businesses directly.

I want to thank business owners, employees and local residents for their patience and understanding of the necessary precautions put in place by emergency services to tackle the fire and maintain public safety.