To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-16672 by Nicol Stephen on 3 June 2005, what exact role it envisages for Strathclyde Passenger Transport (SPT), as distinct from that planned for the proposed West of Scotland Regional Transport Partnership, in light of the commitment made to the Parliament by the Minister for Transport on 16 June 2004 thatI still expect SPT to have a direct role in the management and development of rail services in the west of Scotland.