HC Deb 07 April 1971 vol 815 cc123-4W
49. Mr. Doig

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will investigate the problem of planning blight and take steps to reduce the hardship it causes to the minimum period of time.

Mr. Younger

I am afraid there is no general answer to this problem. A local planning authority has to balance the need to make development proposals

MENTAL HEALTH BEDS IN NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE HOSPITALS IN SCOTLAND AS AT 30TH SEPTEMBER, 1970
Hospital Mental Illness Child Psychiatry Mental Deficiency
Craig Dunain Hospital, Inverness 950
Dunain House, Inverness 27
Long Island Hospital, Lochmaddy 23
Ross Clinic, Aberdeen 38
Royal Cornhill Hospital, Aberdeen 831
House of Daviot including House of Glack, Inverurie 153
Kingseat Hospital, Newmachar 752
Bilbohall Hospital, Elgin 188
Eastbank Hospital, Kirkwall 1
Rehabilitation Centre, Kingseat, Aberdeen 11
Royal Dundee Liff Hospital 610 16
Maryfield Hospital, Dundee 20

known, so that they can be discussed in good time, against the risk of blight as a result of publishing them.