§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Minister for the Civil Service (1) if the cuts he announced on 15th December will affect the programme of dispersal of offices to Scotland and, in particular, the plan to start the building of the new Foreign and Commonwealth Department offices in East Kilbride in 1977 and the new Defence office in Glasgow in 1979;
(2) if the cuts he announced on 15th December will affect the numbers of Foreign Office and Defence Ministry jobs to be provided in Scotland under the dispersal plans.
§ Mr. Charles R. MorrisThe Government remain committed to the moves of posts in the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Overseas Development to Scotland. The detailed effects of the measures announced on 15th December are being assessed.