To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to S1W-1022 by Susan Deacon on 10 September 1999, what bodies and groups, including patients' groups, were consulted by it or the National Services Division prior to September 1999 regarding the future of paediatric cardiac services in Scotland. My answer to Question S1W-1022 explained the work which had been undertaken by the Health Boards concerned and National Services Division as well as the thorough process of consultation which the Chief Executive of the NHS in Scotland and the Chief Medical Officer carried out at my request.