DEFENCE AVIATION REPAIR AGENCY, ALMONDBANK

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That this House notes the continued speculation about the impact of the Ministry of Defence's 'End to End Review' on the future of the Defence Aviation Agency in Almondbank; is concerned about the threat to the 325 jobs at the facility; recognises the important and specialised skills of the workforce there which are significant to both Perthshire locally and Scotland as a whole; acknowledges the massive local economic impact of DARA in Almondbank as evidenced by the Mackay Consultants' report of August 2003; further notes the cross-party and multi-agency Welsh campaign to defence DARA jobs in Wales; and believes that the Scotland Office and Scottish Executive should ensure that a similar campaign is organised in Scotland in order to protect and defend the continued existence of defence jobs at DARA in Almondbank.