§ MR. WEIRI beg to ask the Lord Advocate, having regard to the fact that at a recent meeting of the Ross and Cromarty County Council the Scottish Office proposal to discontinue the Stornoway Prison and convert it into licensed police cells was strongly condemned, will he state whether the Secretary for Scotland has yet been able to see his way to abandon the proposal.
§ * MR. A. GRAHAM MURRAYThe matter referred to is still under consideration of the Secretary for Scotland.