To ask the Scottish Executive whether signs erected by Bear Scotland Ltd and Amey alongside trunk roads and motorways require advertising consent from the relevant local authorities and, if so, whether any such consent has been sought and granted in all cases; whether erection of the signs requires its consent as the trunk roads authority and, if so, whether any consent has been sought and granted in all cases; whether the contractors, as agents of the Scottish Executive, have any discretion to award themselves any such consents, and whether these signs are intended to be permanent. The new...