To ask the Scottish Executive what requirements will be placed on chairpersons of the proposed Scottish Water with regard to attendance at meetings and other official engagements. The normal expectation would be that the chairperson would be absent from board meetings only in exceptional circumstances.The Water Industry (Scotland) Bill proposes a power for Scottish ministers to remove a non-executive member of the board, if that member has been absent from meetings of Scottish Water for a period longer than three months without the permission of Scottish Water.As far as other meetings and official engagements are concerned, it will be a key role of the chairperson to keep in regular contact with stakeholders, and to play a representative role for Scottish Water throughout Scotland.