§ Mr. Adleyasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement about the effect on the activities of the Scottish tourist board, following the recent announcement on the overseas promotion of Great Britain, made by the Under-Secretary of State for Trade, the hon. Member for Aberdeen, South (Mr. Sproat) Official Report, column 648.
§ Mr. John MacKayI welcome the announcement by my hon. Friend of an additional £1 million for the overseas promotion of Great Britain by the British tourist authority in 1983–84. The Scottish tourist board, through its chairman's membership of the BTA board, will play its part in planning the deployment of the increased resources and Scottish tourism interests will obtain their fair share of the benefits deriving from this increase in BTA's overseas marketing activities.