To ask the Presiding Officer , further to his answer to question S1W-25368 on 1 May 2002, when the existing contract with the Royal Mail for the provision of mail services in the Parliament will expire and what the effective start date will be for the new contract. The existing contract for mail and messenger services expires when the Parliament moves to Holyrood and does not contain provision for extension beyond this.The timetable for the current tender exercise for the new contract should enable the contract to be awarded by early summer.