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I want to deal with other issues to which you have given thought. The bill proposes a new Scottish legal complaints commission—out goes the ombudsman and in comes something new.
With the convener's permission, I will outline briefly the role of the working group, and then draw out a few points from the latest guidance document, which I submitted to the committee on 17 March.
The airport link could be completed as a third phase of the project. The latest figures for the whole crossrail project estimate the cost at £100 million.
The budget document contains the latest projections of prudential borrowing on page 156, outwith the tables for the Executive's funding of local government.
I hope to conclude questioning of the minister by 12 noon, at the latest. Minister, would you like to make a statement or shall we move straight to questions?