Speeches by Doogan.

“Are any management or executive level posts in line for redundancy?”

“Excellent and live. The news in the north will go out live?”

“It does give you that number 3. You cannot pick and choose; you either deliver against your obligations or you relinquish your number 3.”

“The comprehensive cost-cutting strategy that you have set out is not comprehensive at all. It focused on the north in its greater part, and it is focused on the news in its greater part, and in the news in the north in its greater part. We know what homogenous Scottish TV news reporting looks like, we can see it on the…”

“I do not think that any of us on the Committee, or anywhere else, would deny STV its opportunity to diversify into radio. It is just unfortunate that that is getting investment at the same time as jobs are being cut in the north. That is what sits uneasily with people. As you have already clarified yourself, your respo…”

“Can I invite Mr Hain to reflect on his evidence there, where he complained that Scotland has a higher cost to output their public service obligations in news compared to Wales or Northern Ireland, two very much smaller countries with a very much smaller population? You are not comparing eggs with eggs, Mr Hain. Also, w…”

“With all due respect to ITV Border, lots of which is in the north of England, the STV North covers over half of Scotland’s landmass and a quarter of Scotland’s population. I can assure you we are not much interested in getting the news as it happened two hours ago.”

“But you have to broadcast live and simultaneously. That is the terms of your licence.”

“If Ofcom come back in the negative, how will you advance this cost-cutting strategy if you are not allowed to close your Aberdeen studio?”

“Sorry, Ofcom.”

“So you are banking on Ofgem coming back with a positive decision for you?”

“Sorry, your delivering the strategy requires a derogation from the licence you have signed up to, so how can you say you will deliver the strategy?”

“This is a kneejerk reaction. It has all the hallmarks of a kneejerk reaction. We have a new chief executive coming in, shortly followed by a collapse in the share price. We have newly refurbished studios not getting properly used. We have a chief financial officer announcing earlier on this year that this was a cash-ge…”

“The terms of the licence say that the bulletins have to go out live and simultaneously with all the other 6 o’clock bulletins, so that is inconsistent with the terms of the licence.”

“That is a problem in itself.”

“Okay, but the £3 million recurring savings is predicated on 60 posts. Where do we think those other 23 posts are?”

“So 37 jobs in the newsroom in Aberdeen; is that right?”

“Very quickly, because we have a lot to get through, the dynamic that has been emanating from STV with this unilateral approach to its ambitions and fulfilling its ambitions, has that been consistent throughout up to and including the hearing at the Scottish Parliament? Does it remain the behaviour to this day, this uni…”

“Thank you. Philippa, did you want to add anything to that?”

“Are these individuals members of the union?”