To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will detail all documents it has received from Midlothian Council in respect of the A701, which departments received these documents and when they were received. The Scottish Executive Development Department received from Midlothian Council an outline bid for Transport Challenge Funding (July 1996), an outline business case for upgrading of the A701 (May 1998), a report on the affordability of the A701 project (February 1999) and a report on the proposed A701 improvements (March 1999).The Scottish Executive Development Department also received from the council in October 1999 a Notice of Intention to Develop in respect of proposed transport improvements to the A701, together with associated documents as follows:The formal notice required by the regulations; location plans and drawings, copies of consultation letters; copies of letters of representation from 440 people and three petitions listing a total of 266 signatures; a statement from Midlothian Council; a leaflet on transport options for Penicuik and Loanhead to Edinburgh; and an Environmental Statement together with a Supporting Information Report and a Non-technical Summary.