§ 58. Mr. Kirkwoodasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether, in addition to the particular steps being taken by the Clydebank Town Council to prohibit spiked railings adjacent to dwelling houses, he will take up the matter with 1970 all local authorities in Scotland to prevent the fitting of any more such railings and also to have existing ones removed wherever possible in view of their ugliness and the danger which they cause to life and limb?
§ Mr. ElliotIt is not the practice of local authorities generally to erect spiked railings in connection with housing schemes. With regard to specifications for such schemes I am prepared to withhold approval of any proposal for the erection of dangerous spiked railings. I am not satisfied on the information before me that general legislation is required on this subject.