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MSPs left locked out by security gates



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Published Date: 21 March 2008
SCOTTISH Parliament chief executive Paul Grice and four MSPs found themselves locked out when they arrived for work by car at Holyrood.
Contractors installing thousands of pounds worth of new security measures at the parliament's underground car park had closed the entrance gates despite earlier promises to maintain access throughout the four-week project.

One MSP said: "They said they had to close the entrance to carry out whatever piece of work they were doing, but I was raging. We had been assured one lane would always be kept open. They told me to go and park in Dynamic Earth."

A parliament spokeswoman said: "The vehicle gates were temporarily closed for approximately 30 minutes yesterday morning between 9.30am – 10am as part of the installation of a new vehicle entry system. We have apologised to those members inconvenienced as we appreciate this was not an ideal situation."





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1

Paddi,

21/03/2008 13:29:59
Not bad, polling up for "work" between
9.30 am - 10.00am
2

Stepford Nat,

21/03/2008 23:49:18
This contract was signed when Libour was in power
3

WKKB,

20/05/2008 14:00:36
LOL... I'm laughing my *** off over this one. Now they know how all the nurses who work at the new royal infirmary feel... not being able to park where they work but there will probably never be a parking space for the poor nurses.

Oh... and add the thousands of pounds for the security system on to the £56k for redoing the exhibition, £50k for the MSP's to be able to use their mobile phones inside the building, £20k for a high profile sign plus £5000 for a smaller information sign and £8000 to keep the pigeons away from the building... VERY SCARY

 

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