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The Government is turning its attention to the issue, as part of its planning with different agencies. Concern has been expressed about the proposed access road to the replacement bridge to the north of the estuary, which would run through a site of special scientific interest.
Obviously, we are around six months away from the point at which the deal is meant to be concluded and we move on to the next phase. Concerns have been expressed about that very short timescale and there have been increasing calls for an extension.
As was highlighted by my colleague Adam Tomkins, expressions of regret about the move to five-year sessions for the Scottish Parliament have come from members across the chamber.
I understand why there is a caveat, but that caveat is an open-ended possibility of other items being brought in. It was first expressed in the JMC process as being there just in case there were any items that had been overlooked.
Broadly, that works well, because there is agreement that certain conditions are good conditions to meet statewide. In Germany, that is partly expressed in economic terms—in single market terms, broadly—but it is also expressed in social terms.