To ask the Scottish Executive whether the A830 trunk road is in a safe condition; what response it has made, or plans to make, to the claim by Mallaig Community Council that the road is not in a safe condition and the request made by the council to BEAR Scotland Ltd in a letter of 12 May 2002 to bring the road up to a safe condition; whether BEAR believes that the road is in a safe condition; if not, what action BEAR plans to take and, should any proposals which BEAR make not be accepted by the community council, what action it will take and, in particular, whether it will direct BEAR to take all necessary action to put the road into an acceptable and safe condition.