Purvis condemns hypocrisy of Tory quango attack
December 17, 2008 1:53 PM
Originally published by Scottish Liberal Democrats
Originally published by Scottish Liberal Democrats
Commenting on the Tory attack on the number of people employed by quangos, Liberal Democrat Finance spokesperson Jeremy Purvis MSP said: "This is outrageous hypocrisy.
"Liberal Democrats gave the Tories two opportunities to prevent the number of quangos ballooning. But Derek Brownlee voted with the nationalists to establish new skills quango Skills Development Scotland and the shockingly expensive £23 million Scottish Futures Trust. The payroll costs alone for this quango is £14.5 million.Jeremy Purvis MSP: Liberal Democrat Finance Spokesperson
"It shows appalling brass neck to complain about the growth in quango jobs just weeks after you have voted to establish two new, vastly expensive and unnecessary ones, which employ additional people."
Notes:
On 22 May 2008 Mr Purvis's amendment to a Labour debate on skills which slammed the costs of Skills Development Scotland was rejected by SNP and Tories.
The SFT debate when the Liberal Democrats called for it to be scrapped was on 13 November 2008. This was also opposed by SNP and Tories.
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