§ Mr. Home RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many(a) individuals and (b) organisations in East Lothian have had their views conveyed to him (i) in favour of his plan to divide the local authority area of East Lothian, and (ii) against that proposal.
§ Mr. Stewart[holding answer 29 October 1993]: Since the publication of the White Paper, "Shaping the Future —The New Councils", 35 individual letters commenting on the proposal to create a new single-tier authority for Berwickshire and East Lothian have been received from East Lothian, three of which have been in favour of the proposal and 32 against. Of these, 27 letters have come from individuals and eight from organisations. In addition, some 14,000 postcards, pro forma letters and petition signatures have been submitted, mainly from people objecting to the Government's proposals for East Lothian.