§ Mr. BUCHANANasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if his Department have been asked to sanction plans for the building of a new school for the Gorbals and Tradeston divisions of Glasgow; and when the building is likely to proceed?
Mr. W. ADAMSONThe Department have been asked to approve plans for three new school buildings to be erected in the Gorbals and Tradeston divisions of Glasgow—one a building with accommodation for 500 pupils to form an addition to St. John's Roman Catholic School; another with accommodation for 930 pupils to form an addition to Lamb-hill Street Public School; and a third with accommodation for 930 pupils to replace the existing temporary building of Braehead Street Roman Catholic School. For the first, two of these build-250W ings preliminary plans have been approved by the Department and working drawings are now in preparation. The plans of the third building mentioned have been referred back to the education authority for further consideration regarding the size of the site.