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Okay. I think that you mentioned that 801 is due to go back into dry dock after the sea trials. Will you explain what that is for? Will any remedial work take place once it is back in dry dock? Was that planned?

Cabinet secretary, why have you chosen to allocate zero funding to the bus partnership fund in 2024-25—a move that the Confederation of Passenger Transport has stated

“could prove disastrous for the future of bus priority”?

It seems strange that, as we try to encourage more people to use public transport, we are not just cutting but zeroing that budget.

It is not just about keeping the lights on and keeping things running. It is about making public transport better in order to encourage more people to use public transport, which will create the modal shift that we are all looking for. By cutting those types of budgets, we will go backwards.

I will move on from buses to trains. Will you give an assurance that the 10 per cent reduction in revenue support for ScotRail and the Caledonian sleeper will not result in any reductions to the frequency, quality or reliability of services?

Is the sleeper service costing the public purse more or less? Are passenger numbers up or down? I want to understand the benefits of moving the sleeper service into public ownership.

Yes, but I will ask a quick follow-up question on that first. The harbour infrastructure is one thing, but is there anything in the budget to support LNG for the vessels once they are launched?

For clarity, you said that 11 of the strategies have been finalised, so 21 have not. Were they not all meant to be finalised by the end of the calendar year, so they are late?

Does it ring any alarm bells that they have been late in delivering the strategies and that that will cause a knock-on effect on us moving forward and decarbonising our homes?

Even the Scottish Fiscal Commission’s figures show that, in real terms, your budget is 0.9 per cent bigger. That is why it seems surprising to me that, although we see an increase in many budgets, there are cuts to the transport, net zero and just transition budget and the rural affairs, land reform and islands budget. Those are political decisions that you have taken that might hinder our response to climate change.

Will the woodland grants cut help or hinder climate change?