§ 72. Mr. WILKIEasked the Secretary for Scotland whether he is aware that in the building of the new training college at Dundee the contract for stone has been given outside the locality, with the result that the cost is greater than would have been the case if the contract had been given to the local quarries; and whether, in view of the fact that the Education Department is bearing the expense, he will bring pressure to bear on the provincial committee to accept stone from the local quarries, the quality of which is adjudged by experts to be equal to that obtained from a distance?
Mr. McKINNON WOODThe provincial committee's proposals in connection with the building in question are still under the consideration of the Scotch Education Department. Before coming to any decision, the Department will most carefully scrutinise the whole of the details, including the matter referred to by the hon. Member, with a view to securing the utmost economy that is consistent with a satisfactory result.