I understand that, regrettably, the works have caused significant disruption for communities and businesses in the region. That point was made forcibly to me by the local Constituency member, John Swinney, with whom I have had a number of related discussions.

I met Scotia Gas Networks senior management yesterday to impress upon it the seriousness of the situation. SGN has given a commitment that it will reassess its road works strategy. As part of that, it will pause its works for the weekend of 3 November until Sunday night. That will see A9 lanes reopened and SGN issuing increased communication and stakeholder updates.