To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any concerns about the lack of a publicly-funded mountain weather forecast for outdoor users in Scotland freely available on the internet, given that the Welsh Assembly Government, the Sports Council for Wales and the Wales Tourist Board provide such a service for Wales. On 28 April the Met Office willbe replacing the phone or fax mountain weather forecast service currently availableby a two-day forecast which will be available free of charge via the internet.The Executive has received areport from the Mountaineering Council of Scotland and is currently consideringa funding proposal for a more detailed mountain weather forecast service coveringScotland’s five main climbing areas: Glen Coe; Lochaber; CreagMeagaidh; Northern Cairngorms, and Southern Cairngorms.