§ Q15. Mr. Hector Hughesasked the Prime Minister if he will appoint a Minister of State in the Scottish Office with special powers to assess the trade and industry peculiar to North-East Scotland and with special responsibility for developing trade and industry and transport both home and abroad in that area.
§ The Prime MinisterNo. The machinery that the Government have established for national and regional economic planning will enable the necessary work to be done without a special Ministerial appointment.