To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has made a submission to the UK Government regarding the national reform programme and, if so, whether it will be placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre.

Scottish Government officials are in regular contact with their Whitehall equivalents on the drafting of the UK National Reform Programme document. In addition, the Scottish Government intends to produce a separate Scottish National Reform Programme document, which will be published on the Scottish Government website and placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 52572).