To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions took place between it and the UK Government prior to the Chancellor of the Exchequer's Budget 2005 announcement that the Office of Fair Trading, the Hearing Aid Council, the British Hallmarking Council and the National Weights and Measures Laboratory are to be merged to form the new Consumer and Trading Standards Agency; which ministers participated in any discussions; whether it will place the minutes of any discussions in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre; whether the new agency will have offices in Scotland; how it will report to the Executive and the Parliament; who will appoint its board; what role the Executive will have in such appointments, and how much of the agency's budget will be for devolved functions.