§ 18. Mrs. Bainasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what action he proposes to take in the light of the findings contained in the Report "Census Indicators of Urban Deprivation", a copy of which is available to him, that 115 out of the worst 121 areas of urban deprivation are in Scotland.
§ Mr. William RossThis report confirms statistically the severity of problems of which I was already well aware and had taken steps to tackle. I have laid before Parliament proposals for a Scottish Development Agency. I have also set up within the Scottish Office an Urban Renewal Unit to advise me on these problems, to encourage a corporate approach by local authorities to the problems of deprived areas and to ensure a co-ordinated response by Government to their proposals.