“Good progress” is being made in resolving more than 200 issues on the overdue ferries at Ferguson Marine, Finance Secretary Kate Forbes has said.
However she faced calls to put her job on the line if the Glen Sannox was not delivered by this time next year.
The Scottish Conservatives asked her about the ferries in the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday, saying reports at the weekend had suggested the number of faults on the two vessels has risen.
