§ Q15. Mr. Gregor Mackenzieasked the Prime Minister if he will make a statement on his recent meeting with the Scottish Council, Development and Industry.
§ The Prime MinisterTogether with my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Scotland, for Employment and for Trade and Industry I met a delegation from the Scottish Council on 13th January.
The delegation referred to the stimulus to economic development in Scotland which the discovery of North Sea oil and British entry into the European Community should provide, and make a number of proposals designed to strengthen this potential for growth both in the short and in the long term. My right hon. Friends and I described the measures already taken by the Government to stimulate economic and industrial expansion in Scotland. We undertook to consider carefully the specific proposals put forward by the Council, and I look forward to a further discussion with them in due course.