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On Friday 23 April we held the <\/span>fifth<\/b> and final event in our \u2018Moving the Vote: Transport Conversations with the parties\u2019 series. A recording of which can be found here<\/a>. We welcomed Michael Matheson MSP from the Scottish National Party, the current Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure and Connectivity, alongside Alastair Da<\/span>lton, <\/span>Transport Correspondent for The Scotsman\/Scotland on Sunday, as chair.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n After events with the Scottish: Conservatives<\/a>, Lib Dems<\/a>, Labour<\/a> and Greens<\/a>, it was great to hear from the SNP.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The event began with introductions from Transform\u2019s Policy Officer, Marie Felderman, and Alastair Dalton. Afterwards, Michael Matheson gave a brief outline of the Scottish National Party\u2019s vision for Scotland\u2019s transport sector. Noting that:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n During the Q&A, concerns were raised by members of the audience about the SNP\u2019s continued spending on the A9 and A96, especially in contrast to the much smaller budget dedicated to the Highland Main Line.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The event was live-tweeted from the Transform Scotland account and can be summarised by the tweets below:<\/span><\/p>\n Getting set up now for 1pm kick-off for the 5th in our #Holyrood2021<\/a> #SP21<\/a> series.<\/p>\n We've already heard from Tories, Lib Dems, Labour, Greens. Now it's the turn of @theSNP<\/a>.@AlastairDalton<\/a> chairing<\/p>\n Feel free to chip in using the hashtag #MovingTheVote<\/a>.https:\/\/t.co\/k00oTj0UYH<\/a><\/p>\n — Transform Scotland (@TransformScot) April 23, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n
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