§ Mr. Grayasked the Secretary of State for Scotland which sectors of the construction industry and the professions are represented on his Building Standards Advisory Committee.
§ Mr. William RossMembers of the committee are appointed as individuals246W the latest convenient date since the introduction of the free legal aid scheme.
§ Mr. William RossThe information requested is given in the following table. For the years before 1966–67 no information is available about the amounts paid in fees to solicitors alone and the figures given for the years 1950–51 to 1965–66 represent the amounts paid to both solicitors and counsel.
and not as representatives. The committee includes fire and building control officers, building contractors, and members of the architectural, engineering and quantity surveying professions.
§ Mr. Grayasked the Secretary of State for Scotland since there is no representative of the building materials suppliers section of the building industry on his Building Standards Advisory Committee, 247W if he will now make such an appointment.
§ Mr. William RossThe committee has recently been reconstituted, with six new members, for the period to 31 December 1978, and I have no present plans for further appointments. Organisations representing the building materials industry are consulted about proposals for any amendment of the building standards regulations considered by the committee.