§ Mr. Hannanasked the Secretary of State for Scotland, in view of the wide-spread concern experienced by many 177W people in the west of Scotland during the recent earth tremor, what inquiries he has made as to the cause; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. NobleI am informed that this was a natural tremor of a kind that occurs about once a month in Scotland and once every few minutes in the world as a whole.