§ 63. Mr. Wolrige-Gordonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how much has been made available to local authorities in Scotland for the purpose of house purchase in 1970–71 compared with each year since 1965.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellPrecise information is not available, but I estimate that in Central Scotland, where shortage of land for this purpose is most likely to occur, about 2,500 acres were approved for private housing in the two years to186W October, 1969, about 1,500 acres in the following year, and about 500 acres between November, 1970, and October, 1971.