Olympics

Questions have been raised over why Scottish, Welsh and Irish firms have not benefited more from lucrative Olympic construction contracts after a parliamentary question revealed Scottish firms were missing out on millions.

SNP Culture, Media and Sport spokesperson Pete Wishart MP has hit out at the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games after it was revealed just a handful of Scottish projects had received Olympics art funding, despite a UK Government promise that the scheme would be UK wide.

Questions have been raised over why Scottish, Welsh and Irish firms have not benefited more from London Olympic contracts after a parliamentary question revealed just 17 Scottish firms had received Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) contracts – in contrast to 1,022 English firms.

The SNP have seized on reports that Olympic planners have been forced to seek further public sector support to bail out the athletes’ village after a collapse in interest from private investors.

The House of Commons has debated the possible creation of a GB Olympic football side and the threat that it poses to the national teams.

SNP Culture and Sport spokesperson, Pete Wishart MP, has seized on an admission by the UK Government that the cost of the 2012 London Olympic stadium has soared again — by almost £50 million.

SNP Culture, Media and Sport spokesperson, Pete Wishart MP, has seized on comments by Prime Minister Gordon Brown as yet another example of Labour hypocrisy and spin.

Scottish Sports Minister Stewart Maxwell has given the SFA his full backing over their opposition to a GB team at the London 2012 Olympics as Gordon Brown continues his efforts to force a GB football team.

Pete Wishart MP has expressed outrage after Secretary of State for Scotland, Jim Murphy, failed to stand up for Scottish football.

SNP Westminster Culture and Sport spokesperson, Pete Wishart MP has seized on the publication of an internal UK Government strategy paper that reveals that leading civil servants and economists warned in 2002 that the London Olympics would bring little economic or social benefit.