"Zero" Scottish steel in Forth Road Bridge, David Cameron claims
It was after an SNP MP accused him of viewing Scottish jobs as "expendable"
There was zero'' Scottish steel in the Forth Road Bridge, David Cameron has claimed, after an SNP MP accused him of viewing Scottish jobs asexpendable''.
The Prime Minister insisted the Scottish and UK Governments should work together'' on issues such as procurement, but went on to assert Scotland's Forth Road Bridge spanning the Firth of Forth containedabsolutely nothing'' when it came to Scottish steel.
His comments came after SNP Marion Fellows (Motherwell and Wishaw) argued the Conservative Government did next to nothing to save the Scottish steel industry'' and wasbreaking'' promises to protect the Scottish shipbuilding industry.
Speaking during Prime Minister's Questions in the Commons, she said: The Prime Minister and his Government did next to nothing to save the Scottish steel industry, it was left to the Scottish Government to do that.
Now the UK Government is breaking the promises made by both Tories and Labour to protect the Scottish shipbuilding industry. Why does the Prime Minister think that Scottish jobs are so expendable?''
Mr Cameron replied: Frankly, the Scottish Government and the UK Government should work together. And one of the things we should work together on is procurement.
And it is worth asking how much Scottish steel was in the Forth Road Bridge - zero, none, absolutely nothing, yes.
What a contrast with the warships that we're building, that of course we wouldn't be building if we had an independent Scotland. So we back the steel industry with actions as well as words.''