§ Mr. Woodburnasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is aware of the danger of demolition of St. George's Church, in Charlotte Square,
THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF GRANT AID GIVEN TO EACH OF THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS COUNTY COUNCILS IN THE LAST FIVE FULL YEARS IN RESPECT OF NEW PERMANENT SCHOOL CANTEENS — 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 £ £ £ £ £ Argyll … 4,030 15,338 7,803 15,082 16,318 Caithness … 6,593 9,338 8,948 8,002 7,669 Inverness … 8,388 4,645 15,109 17,593 11,236 Orkney … 5,494 2,560 11,394 4,567 521 Ross and Cromarty … 6,756 19,081 27,786 9,932 13,744 Sutherland … 400 1,165 486 678 10,550 Zetland … 3,813 508 11,519 579 747 24W
THE VALUE OF NEW PERMANENT SCHOOL CANTEEN BUILDING IN THOSE YEARS IN EACH OF THE ISLANDS IN THE OUTER HEBRIDES, UNDERTAKEN BY THE COUNTY COUNCILS OF ROSS AND CROMARTY AND INVERNESS, RESPECTIVELY Ross and Cromarty Inverness Nil North Uist … £1,956 South Uist … £2,850 Other Islands … Nil Edinburgh; and whether he will investigate the possibility of its adaptation by Her Majesty's Government as the Gallery of Modern Art for Scotland.
§ Mr. MaclayI am aware that the future of St. George's Church is under consideration following the decision of the congregation to unite with that of St. Andrew's Church and to give up St. George's as a place of public worship. The future of St. George's is a matter for the Church of Scotland as owner of the building to decide in the first place and I understand that it is considering the possibility of some other use for its own purposes.