To ask the Scottish Executive what input it will now have into Her Majesty's Government's project to upgrade the A74 Gretna to Carlisle to motorway standard. The Scottish Executive Development Department was a member of the steering group that produced the revised proposals for the A74 between Carlisle and Guardsmill announced by Lord Macdonald on 24 March.Future consultation arrangements between the Highways Agency, who will have responsibility for delivering the project, and the Scottish Executive Development Department will be finalised during the summer.