As recently as the end of August, Jim Wallace wrote to me in response to a written question that I had lodged on the discussions that the Scottish Executive had had with Her Majesty's Government regarding the implications for the Peterhead economy of the downgrading of the Royal Air Force base there, and the decisions made in Westminster that affect the fishing industry. The staggering answer that I got was:"There has been no specific discussions with Her Majesty's Government."