P&O chief executive Peter Hebblethwaite is to be grilled in the Scottish Parliament later today over the company's decision to sack 800 seafarers without notice.
MSPs on the Net Zero, Energy & Transport Committee will quiz the boss on what happened in the lead up to and the aftermath of the sackings earlier this month.
It comes after Hebblethwaite appeared in front of a joint committee in Westminster where he revealed he would take the same decision again to axe 800 workers over video call.
The ferry firm announced, via video link, on Thursday, March 17 that workers on ships across the UK, including at Cairnryan in Dumfries and Galloway, would be replaced by cheaper agency staff.
During the session of the Transport Select Committee and the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Select Committee he admitted P&O broke employment law by failing to inform unions and staff of the sackings.
The session on Tuesday, March 29, is set to get underway at around 10.55am.
Writing to Dean Lockhart, the convener of the Net Zero, Energy & Transport Committee, ahead of the session tomorrow the Minister for Transport Jenny Gilruth said the decision by P&O was met with "dismay and disgust".
She wrote: "The decisions taken by P&O and the method of delivery have been met with dismay and disgust across Scotland.
"There are obvious concerns in relation to disruption to our supply chains with Northern Ireland. I hope this disruption will be short-term and I welcome the decision by Stena to introduce a third vessel on the route. In my view, Stena has reacted in a commendable manner.
The longer lasting impact will be the human cost felt by those who have lost their livelihoods. The Scottish Government was made aware by the UK Government at around 10am on 17 March of P&O’ s intentions to cease its UK operations temporarily.
"That did not include comment on the devastating news given to employees by P&O an hour or so later. To inform a loyal and hardworking workforce that it was being made redundant with no warning and effectively via a public broadcast is disgraceful."
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