Last Thursday, the Parliament voted down the Executive's proposal that the Parliament"commits to a replacement crossing across the Forth and calls on the Cabinet to commit to preparatory work to start immediately".Yesterday, the Minister for Transport, Tavish Scott, said:"Cabinet agreed today to take forward the replacement crossing. Work will continue to assist a final decision … on where the crossing will be".In making that announcement, the minister clearly acted directly contrary to the will of Parliament as expressed in a decisive vote in the chamber.