Former transport minister Derek Mackay is said to be willing to “answer any questions” from MSPs over the deal to build two new ferries for CalMac which are now years overdue and hugely over budget.
The Sunday Times reported that Mackay, transport minister in 2015 when the deal to build the vessels was awarded to the Ferguson Marine shipyard, was “willing to co-operate” with any parliamentary committee probing the deal.
Mackay has not been seen in Holyrood since February 2020, when he quit as finance secretary on the day of the Scottish budget, after it emerged he had sent hundreds of messages on social media to a teenage school boy.
