§ Mr. James Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what representations have been made to him about house prices; and how much prices of houses have risen in the last year up until the latest available date.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellI have received some representations about the level, and rate of increase, of house prices.
The following is the latest available information on house prices from the Building Societies' Association's 5 per cent. sample survey:
AVERAGE PRICES OF HOUSES IN SCOTLAND New Houses £ Existing Houses £ All Houses £ January-December 1971 5,673 5,297 5,406 January-December 1972 6,596 6,071 6,323 The survey's average prices for January to June 1973 are not yet available.