To ask the Scottish Executive how the authorities in Scotland exercise their responsibilities under the EU Habitats Directive in respect of (a) the assessment of a plan or project likely to have an effect on a European wildlife site, (b) the consideration of alternative solutions and of imperative reasons of over-riding public interest in the case of a plan or project assessed as likely to have a adverse impact on the integrity of a European wildlife site and (c) European protected species, in the absence of a national consenting regime for such plans or projects.