Government plans to fully equip two new multi-billion pound aircraft carriers have been hailed as “excellent news” for the shipbuilding industry in Scotland.
John Robertson, the Labour MP for Glasgow North West, spoke out following the defence review in which an original plan to leave one carrier unable to launch or land fast jets was reversed.
Mr Robertson, chairman of the Shipbuilding Group, said: “At long last we have something from this Government on the record, let’s hope this is the end of the matter and that they keep to it. The workers in the historic shipbuilding industry in Glasgow don’t need to have the fear of losing their jobs hanging over their heads.”