Speeches by Sullivan.

“Following on from that, the White House itself described President Trump’s visit as both a private and a working visit, which would suggest he was here in some kind of official capacity. What does this mean for determining which Government is responsible, or do you stand with the fact that given it was not at the invit…”

“To clarify, you believe the costs rest with the Scottish Government, given they are responsible for policing in Scotland?”

“Secretary of State, as you are aware, the US President and Vice-President visited Scotland this summer. I know there has been a little bit of back and forth between the UK Government and the Scottish Government on the issue of the security costs. Which Government is responsible for covering the £24 million of policing …”

“Bobby, you said that more localised stories will be accessible via digital media. What about the significant proportion of the population who are digitally excluded? Sometimes that can be because of geography, but sometimes it is around age demographics and for other reasons. Does that mean that these people will not h…”

“Touching on the lack of engagement up front with STV, do you feel that the role of the trade unions has been undermined, given the lack of that constructive and up-front engagement that you are used to in a way that does not allow you to engage with your own members?”

“The dilution of the bespoke news coverage for the north of Scotland will not be made up through the introduction of STV radio and the news segment? We are not going to be making up for what we are losing?”

“Will the short bulletin cover news from the north of Scotland specifically?”

“It would just be the usual 30 minute/one minute news slots?”

“You said that STV radio would be from Scotland, for Scotland. Is it going to cover local stories? If so, how much coverage will it give to the north of Scotland?”

“The decision to launch a radio station is moving away from your bread and butter business. You have decided to launch into a new area, an area where the market is probably unlikely to grow and where there are already many players in the market. Why are you looking to do this, rather than focusing on delivering your exi…”

“Do you believe it is the right decision to move in this new direction when you cannot meet your existing obligations?”

“How will you address the additional pressures that are placed on remaining staff as the redundancies go ahead?”

“Are you signposting people to that support proactively when you are having these discussions?”

“I understand that, but I would like to specifically know what mechanisms you have put in place proactively to support the mental health and wellbeing of staff, given this is a stressful experience with a lot of uncertainty. They do not know if they will have a job to go to, so I would like to know what steps you have t…”

“As I said earlier, all this uncertainty around what will happen to their jobs and livelihoods is causing staff a great deal of stress. What mechanisms have you put in place to support the mental health and wellbeing of the staff?”

“How many voluntary redundancies are expected? Do you expect any compulsory redundancies?”

“You do not feel there has been any change from your usual approach in terms of your engagement and being able to give as much information as possible to allow Bectu and the NUJ to engage with their members?”

“We heard earlier this morning great concerns from the unions around the lack of engagement and lack of detailed information that they would usually expect to see, which would in turn allow them to have detailed conversations with their members. That appears not to have happened in this case. There are also reports that…”

“Do you accept there has been a deviation from your usual path of engagement with Bectu and the NUJ?”

“If I can ask one final point, the News Recovery Plan, did that come out of STV or was that a national plan? Where can we view this plan?”