§ 10. Mr. Hannahasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he can make any further statement about the efforts of the City Council of Edinburgh to preserve the street front of Taylors' Hall on Cowgate?
The Under-Secretary of State for Scotland (Mr. Wedderburn)A meeting was held on the 6th of this month between the Department of Health and representatives of the corporation and of the National Trust for Scotland. Since then, one of the corporation's sub-committees has decided to recommend the corporation not to agree to a further proposal made by the trust for the preservation of the building. In the meantime, the corporation have been served with an order by the Dean of Guild Court requiring the dangerous upper structure to be partially dismantled and the buildings otherwise made secure.
§ Mr. HannahIs it not a fearful reflection on the corporation that a building which has belonged to them for so many years is in such a disgraceful condition of repair?