§ 56 and 57. Mr. Woodburnasked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) whether he maintains a record of Scottish beauty spots on the lines of the historic buildings record;
(2) what is the policy of the Government for the preservation of beauty spots in Scotland; and what instruments he has for doing this.
§ Mr. NobleLocal planning authorities have powers under the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Acts to safeguard beauty spots. In June last year I invited local planning authorities to define areas of great landscape value in their development plans and to let me have a progress report by the end of December. The response has been encouraging.