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That is the plan, yes.

The first concern is that we do not know what would replace it. Let us assume that there is no plan. The most concerning aspect would be monitoring. I am not intimately familiar with the legislation, but it is about monitoring and the transparency of monitoring. To lose that overarching piece of work would be a great concern, and that is why we have been pushing for its removal from schedule 1.

Work is on-going all the time. I will ask Alison Irvine to give a technical update on the bypass on the Inverness to Nairn section. Separately, we are undertaking the corridor review, and that work is on-going. I do not have a date for when that will be completed.

Yes, that is still our plan.

We are undertaking a review, as we set out in our programme for government.

I mentioned that I will reflect on the early responses to the consultation. A much more in-depth analysis of what people told us is still developing. We invited commentary on site selection criteria, what would be protected and what would constitute an HPMA—the whole spectrum—so I have to continue looking through all that. Of course, I will reflect on every aspect.

And the powers.

Thank you, Alison. On the point about powers, Phil Raines just said something to me about UK Government work in this area.

Yes. I acknowledge the length of time that has passed since the report’s publication. We are working on our final response, which I am hoping will be published in due course.

Okay, we will do that.