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We already have the shadow strategic rail authority, which is dealing with new franchises. We will have specific powers to set the framework for the new ScotRail franchise.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
26 November 2001
The Scottish Executive has no plans to arrange a ministerial visit to the Ballinluig junction. However, officials have visited the site on many occasions to meet with local community representatives, Tayside Police and BEAR Scotland Ltd.
Has the balance between encouraging a new population and getting the existing population more involved surfaced as an issue in your contribution to the development of fresh talent?
That is the right signal to send out.May I just say in the 30 seconds that I have left—I am surprised that that is all the time that I have—that I visited the Holyrood site of the new Parliament building.