To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of the comments of the Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change on 23 April 2009 (Official Report c. 16704) that “the figure of 3 per cent growth in the rail network grossly understates the growth that we have seen in recent years, so we must be conscious of that”, what planning assumptions have been made about patronage of the Airdrie to Bathgate line. Transport Scotland has taken account...