§ Mr. Hector Hughesasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will set up a tribunal under the Tribunals of Inquiry (Evidence) Act, 1921 to inquire into the recent collapse of the College of Zoology in Aberdeen resulting in the loss of four lives and injuries to other persons, so that evidence can be taken to ascertain the technical and other defects which led to the accident and the damage suffered by dependants can be ascertained and compensation awarded to them.
§ Mr. RossNo. The powers of the sheriff in the public inquiry which is to be held under the Fatal Accidents Inquiry (Scotland) Act, 1895 will enable full public investigation to be made into the whole circumstances of the accident. Any question of damages or compensation would be for the appropriate civil court.