Thank you. That concludes general questions. The next item of business is First Minister's

questions. At question number one, I call Douglas Ross.

Thank you very much, Presiding Officer. The A9 is a main road in Scotland stretching from the

central belt to the north. It's also one of the most dangerous roads in the country.

The SMP promised to fully duel the A9 from Perth to Inverness in their 2007 manifesto, 16 years ago. Campaigners were in Parliament yesterday raising this issue once more.

Recently, the Inverness Courier highlighted the government's broken promise on this issue once more. Recently, the Inverness Courier highlighted the Government's

broken promise on this issue with a tombstone on their front cover. After a further death last

month, the paper followed up with another somber front page. It read, and this is my question to the First

Minister, the Scottish Government has no update on its delayed dueling project, leaving us all

to ask how many more people have to die.

First Minister. First and foremost, my thoughts are with every single person, family, community that

has been affected by the tragic loss of life on the A9.

Douglas Ross, the Inverness Courier and others who have raised the issue, I know many

in my own benches, who have raised the issue of the drilling of the A9, are right to look

at this issue, of course, through the prism of safety on our roads. It is the issue of the duelling of the A9 are right to look at this issue, of course,

through the prism of safety in our roads. It is an issue around safety.

That is why, since 2007, that commitment that Douglas Ross references, we have taken action.

There has been £430 million of investment in the A9. Road users are benefiting from dual sections already.

We know Concregg and Dalraddy, we know Lankarty and the Pass, or Burnham, which opened

in September 2017 and August 2021, respectively. We are, I am. This Government is absolutely committed to dueling the A-9.

In terms of the timetable that is set out, of course, Jenny Golduth when she was

a transport minister in February of this year, she of course rightly gave an update to Parliament in relation to the

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