§ 32. Mr. Erskine Hillasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, whether on any occasion the Department have submitted schemes for the retention of buildings of historical or architectural interest to local authorities in Scotland which were not accepted by these authorities; and whether he can give particulars of any 16 such occasions, stating whether the refusal to accept such schemes was justified by substantial additional cost?
§ Mr. R. S. Hudson (for the First Commisioner of Works)The answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. In regard to the second part, the local authorities who have not accepted such schemes during the last 10 years are the Corporation of Edinburgh, the County Council of Ayrshire and the Kirkwall Town Council, but I am not in a position to state whether the refusal to accept the schemes was justified by substantial additional cost.
§ 33. Mr. Erskine Hillasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, which local authorities, if any, in Scotland have consulted his Department on ancient monuments regarding the retention and preservation of old buildings condemned under housing schemes during the last 10 years?
§ Mr. HudsonThe following is a list of the local authorities which have consulted the Office of Works regarding the retention and preservation of old buildings condemned or proposed to be condemned under housing schemes during the last o years, namely, the Corporation of Edinburgh, the town councils of Aberdeen, Stirling, Inverness, Linlithgow, Inverkeithing and Kirkcudbright, and the county council of Ayrshire.