To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-868 by Nicol Stephen on 14 July 2003, what consultation procedure it will use for its proposals for a strategic transport authority and which organisations and individuals will be consulted We expect to publish aconsultation document in due course – issued to a wide range of interestedparties, including COSLA, local authorities, transport partnerships,Strathclyde Passenger Transport, operators, user groups and others who haveexpressed an interest in the development...