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That is as far as this Parliament can go under the Scotland Act 1998. Although promotion and construction of railways that start, end and remain in Scotland is devolved, the provision and regulation of railways services is, with some very limited exceptions, reserved.
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-28951 by Malcolm Chisholm on 17 September 2002, for what specific reasons the applications for funding from Facilitate (Scotland) were unsuccessful.
To stand in the way of progress would risk sending a narrow-minded, self-serving message purporting to promote Scotland and Scotland's interests. That would be a mistake.