§ Lord James Douglas-Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if the Scottish Development Department has refused to grant borrowing consent to the Edinburgh District Council to purchase the land amounting to one acre immediately to the west of Craigmount Grove in Edinburgh, which the Housing Corporation has willingly agreed to sell to Edinburgh District Council; and under what circumstances it has done so.
§ Mr. MillanOnly in exceptional circumstances can new planning projects, including land acquisitions for planning purposes, be authorised this year. The Edinburgh proposal does not have a sufficiently high priority in relation to other demands on limited capital resources.