§ Mr. Fauldsasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will place in the Library a copy of the agreement between the University of Edinburgh or the Trustees of the Torrie Collection on the one hand and the Trustees of the National Galleries of Scotland on the other hand, dated October 1954 and referred to by the Lord Advocate on 25th January 1972 in the OFFICIAL REPORT (Vol. 829, No. 44, c. 1216), together with copies of any other documents throwing light on that agreement.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellNo. The 1954 agreement was referred to by the Lord Advocate in relation to the agreement of 1845 between the Torrie Trustees and the predecessors to the Trustees of the434W National Galleries of Scotland. As indicated in my reply to the Question by my hon. Friend the Member for Edinburgh South (Mr. Clark Hutchison)—[Vol. 861. c. 340–1.]—on 19th October the 1845 agreement is now no longer to be varied by an order under the Museums and Galleries Admission Charges Act 1972. In any case I understand that the 1954 agreement was not a written agreement.