Minister acts on Oban Airport situation
published this on 1:36 pm, Thursday, 9th July, 2009Business| Community News| Local Government| Sporting Activities| hallowe'en | Comments (rss) | Respond | Ping |
Following our article earlier today: Oban Airport: a case for relationship counselling?, Jim Mather, Argyll’s MSP and Minister for Tourism, has confirmed his concern over the ongoing situation at Oban Airport. The Minister has now taken action to bring the parties concerned to the table.
Mr Mather says: ‘As the Minister taking the new Arbitration Bill through the Parliament and hence involved in debate with arbiters and mediators, I regret seeing any polarised argument especially in my own constituency.
‘Equally, I am conscious that when we get the entire community of stakeholders who are involved in any situation, around the table and talking, then we usually get better outcomes that deliver for the common good.
‘That is why I am now asking Argyll & Bute Council, local interests, public and private aviation interests and the Transport and Public Health Ministers to take action to get people talking and help create a solution that will deliver for the public interest.
‘For my part – I would willing help to run such a dialogue, however, even at this stage, I hope that the parties can converge on a mutually agreed way forward’.
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July 10th, 2009 at 10:14 am
[...] Note: Just over an hour after the publication of this article, we had confirmation of concern for the situation from Jim Mather, Touriem Minister and Argyll’s MSp. Details of the action Mr Mather has now taken have been published in a separate article: Minister acts on Oban Airport situation. [...]