35. Mr. MACLEAN (for Mr. D. GRAHAM)asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the name of the local authority which had a clause in their specifications for plumber work, limiting the work within their own area to the exclusion of manufacturers of the same material within the same county; and whether the representations made by his Department have had the effect of inducing the local authority concerned to withdraw this limiting clause from their future specifications?
§ Sir A. SINCLAIRThe local authority in question is the County Council of Stirlingshire. As regards the latter part of the question, the representations made by the Department of Health for Scotland have had the effect of inducing the local authority to withdraw the limiting clause from their subsequent specifications.