According to newspaper reports, Alex Salmond is to travel to Qatar to ask the oil-rich state to loan funds for capital projects, such as the new Forth Road Bridge.
Responding to the story, Shadow Finance Secretary Andy Kerr said:
"It is clear from these reports that the SNP's Scottish Futures Trust is in absolute chaos. In over a year since they came to power, SNP Ministers have failed to commission a single new school.
"Now we learn that Alex Salmond wants to borrow money from Qatar to build a new Forth Road Bridge, but his visit isn't planned until next year.
"The people of Fife deserve straight answers now about how the new bridge will be funded. It appears that Alex Salmond wants to make everyone wait several months, until after he's been on a jolly to Qatar."
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