To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is a presumption that the owners of the publicly-funded new linkspan, being built as part of the new Dunoon pier breakwater, and the existing publicly-funded linkspan at Gourock Pier will have rights and obligations to give priority of access to any new operator, including Caledonian MacBrayne, in preference to Western Ferries (Clyde) Ltd, who already have their own existing berthing facilities at Hunters Quay and McInroys Point, if such a new operator wished to compete against Western Ferries (Clyde) Ltd by providing an unsubsidised vehicle-carrying ferry service between Gourock and Dunoon.