To ask the Scottish Executive what methodology the Chief Executive of EventScotland used to justify his statement on 6 July 2005 that holding the 2012 Olympic Games in London would benefit Scotland by many millions of pounds. The remark made by DavidWilliams, the Chief Executive of EventScotland, about the benefits expected toflow through to Scotland as a result of the Olympic Games being held in London in2012 was based on his personal experience of the benefits which flowed to thewhole of Australia a result of the Sydney Games in 2000.David Williams was previouslydirector general of the Queensland Government’s tourism department, which ranthe secretariat for Queensland’s Olympic Taskforce 2000 as well as developingstrategies for tourism, business, arts and culture designed to maximise thebenefits of the Sydney Games 2000 for Queensland.The final report of theOlympic Taskforce recognised the success of the Sydney Games and estimated thetotal value of the benefits to tourism, business and sport to be in excess of$1 billion Australian dollars.