§ 100. Mr. Eadieasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many bankruptcies took place in Scotland in 1968; if he
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1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 Number of Bankrupts Total … 110 142 118 149 124 180 Traders or shopkeepers … 40 68 62 58 50 63 Manufacturers … 4 — — 1 5 7 Farmers … 7 10 9 11 4 13 Professional men … — — — — — 1 Persons not gainfully occupied … 2 4 1 5 2 7 Others … 57 60 46 74 63 89 to bring agrément certificates within the scope of the deemed to satisfy clauses of the Building Regulations.
§ Mr. MacCollMy right hon. Friend has no proposals to do so.
I believe however that Agrément certificated products are already widely accepted by local authorities under the building regulations, and the Ministry notifies local authorities of the issue of new certificates. There would be difficulties in giving such products formal deemed-to-satisfy status. The certificates for instance refer to named, and sometimes proprietary products, and have only a short period of validity.