Thank you again for the tone of that contribution, because I fully recognise that people are distressed and annoyed and concerned about the fallout from this decision. I'm particularly aware of the situation of the hospital. I think we've seen, obviously, because of the sudden nature of the announcement, and the inability for people to plan and think ahead, and I hope that will settle down as people realise that they need to allow longer to get to appointments and be able to plan far more. I guess in truth there are limits to what we can do within the confines of the options available to us.

Certainly in terms of the Member's point about whether we are willing to listen to ideas the public have for improving traffic flow: of course we are. And certainly, as I said, I'll make our officials available to the local Members who wish to meet with them, and you can discuss and test some of the ideas, the practicality of them, with those engineering experts to see what can and cannot be done. But I certainly, as the Minister, am very open to looking at any option we possibly can to open this as quickly as possible when it is safe to do so and to try and mitigate the congestion that is inevitably caused by it, both now and in the future. So, you have my commitment to do that.

In terms of when we'll have a final traffic plan finalised, 'I'm not certain' is the honest answer. It's something we're actively working on. We will be able to update you when you meet the officials, and I'll be able to give you more information as soon as I am able.