Meeting of the Parliament 13 December 2023
I do not understand what the Conservative Party cannot understand about the term “days”. That sounds pretty imminent to me, but, as everyone knows, the Scottish Government follows the parliamentary business process. That includes—I will explain this for Mr Ross, because he misunderstood this bit as well—Cabinet approval of the Scottish Government business and then the bureau’s consideration of the business programme as a whole before, finally, approval by Parliament as a whole is sought.
We should use the processes in the Parliament rather than grandstand at decision time. The founding principle of the Parliament is for us all to work together to deliver for the people of Scotland, and standing there for five minutes grandstanding is not part of that.
As I said, the Scottish Government remains firmly committed to completing the dualling of the A9 between Perth and Inverness, and work to determine the most suitable procurement options for the remaining sections of the A9 dualling is now well advanced. The Parliament will receive an update in the coming days. I repeat once again that it will be in the coming days.