§ Mr. DarlingTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will publish the submission received from the trustees of the national galleries for Scotland in respect of the proposal to build a new gallery of Scottish art; and if he will make a statement;
(2) if he will publish representations received by him in respect of the proposal to build a new gallery of Scottish art; and if he will make a statement.
§ Sir Hector Monro[holding answer 17 January 1994]: My right hon. Friend has not yet received any fully developed and costed proposals from the board of trustees and it would therefore be premature for him to make a statement. It will be for the board in the first instance to decide whether or not to publish details of its submission.
My right hon. Friend will certainly taken into account all of the representations received on this issue but it would be inappropriate to publish representations put to him in correspondence, some of which have been marked specifically as "confidential".