HC Deb 18 July 1996 vol 281 c618W
Ms Roseanna Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what assistance he has given to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in pursuit of its Doomsday 2000 initiative; and if he will make a statement. [37992]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

The keeper and chief executive of the Registers of Scotland executive agency is actively assisting and co-operating with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in pursuit of the ScotLIS initiative, the Scottish version of Domesday 2000.

The agency is currently chairing a core group of interested parties, including the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Scottish Homes, Scottish Enterprise and Ordnance Survey, which is considering how best to take forward the development of a national land information system for Scotland.