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I could not conclude that it was an essential project, which is why it cannot be in our capital programme. If a gift horse turned up with extra resources, you would look it in the mouth.
We have heard about the new role for HMIE. The extra costs for HMIE are estimated at £73,000 and the overall cost of the bill is estimated at £134,000.
There will be additional freight services on the line up to Inverness starting, I think, next week—certainly, this month. Therefore, extra traffic will be using the line, and we need to take that into account as well.