This bulletin focuses on elements of the paper entitled
'Scotland's Future - Your Guide to an Independent Scotland
(also referred to as the 'White Paper').
"Within this [£2.5bn] budget allocation will be
significant investment in procurement, which can support key
Scottish industries, including the shipbuilding
industry."1
"The Scottish Government will take forward the procurement
of four new frigates, to be built on the Clyde, preferably through
joint procurement with the rest of the UK."2
The Clyde shipyards are the current choice to build the UKs new
Type 26 frigate. It is unclear whether the commitment of the
Scottish Government to build frigates on the Clyde relates to this
programme which would require the commitment of the UK Government
to procure its shipbuilding from outside of the UK. In the event of
a 'Yes' vote, it remains to be seen if the UK Government
would require that such sipbuilding work be diverted from the Clyde
to Portsmouth (assuming that
