It calls on the Scottish Parliament to consider investment in infrastructure, rolling stock and timetabling as part of a strategic root-and-branch review of provision of rail services between Inverness, Thurso and Wick, with unrestricted thinking on how best to shorten journey times and to ensure the future of the railway to those destinations.The Scottish Executive has recently assumed new rail powers under the provisions of the Railways Act 2005, which give it greater control over the development of rail services and the rail network in Scotland.We are joined—just in time—by Rob Gibson.