§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if, in the light of the evidence submitted by district councils and the Strathclyde regional liaison committee on the question of housing land targets in the Strathclyde structure plan 1986 update, he will make it his policy to ensure that his proposed modifications to the 1988 update will not have a significant effect on the green belt.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonMy right hon. and learned Friend hopes to announce his decision on the 1988 update shortly, and I cannot anticipate his conclusions on this issue.
§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what assessment he has made of the staffing consequences in planning authorities of the proposed quarterly roll-on of private sector housing demand contained in his draft decision letter on the Strathclyde structure plan 1988 update.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonA number of planning authorities have commented on this issue in responding to my right hon. and learned Friend's draft modifications, and he will take these comments into account in reaching his decision.
§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what research he has conducted into builders' assessment of their need for residential building land in Strathclyde; and if he will publish the result.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonMy right hon. and learned Friend has commissioned a number of pieces of research on the subject of housing land in Scotland in recent years, all of which have been or will be published, but none of them relates specifically to Strathclyde.