To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the statement by the Minister for Transport and the Environment on 28 September 2000, whether her reply to Mr David Davidson (Official Report, col. 820) means that it will only allow the proposed Aberdeen Western peripheral route to proceed if the local authorities use the powers conferred on them by the Transport (Scotland) Bill or the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 and that it will in no circumstances contribute itself to the construction of this road.