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MSP wants investigation into foreign dominance of Forth Bridge contracts

The Scottish Parliament should investigate the "fundamental mistakes" that have kept Scottish and UK companies at the margins of the £1.5 billion new Forth Bridge project, a Fife MSP has claimed.

Labour's John Park, a member of the Parliament's Economy, Enterprise and Tourism Committee and one of the few Scottish parliamentarians with industry experience, made the call after further details of the sourcing of the materials and labour for the project emerged from project director Transport Scotland (TS) following questions from the Sunday Herald.