§ Mr. Gordon Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection if she will list the offices and numbers of relevant employees for which she has executive or advisory responsibility in each of the following: Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow.
§ Mrs. Shirley WilliamsIn Glasgow my Department has 2 hire purchase inspectors, the Office for Scotland of the Price Commission has 17 staff, the Transport Users Consultative Committee for Scotland 4 staff, and the Post Office Users Council for Scotland 2 part-time staff. In Edinburgh the Office of Fair Trading has 4 staff and the Scottish Gas Consumers Council 8 staff. None of the organisations for which I have executive or advisory responsibility maintains an office in Aberdeen or Dundee.
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