§ Mr. Welshasked the Secretary of State for Scotland which working parties are currently being sponsored by the Scottish Office with regard to the construction industry in Scotland; and if he will list the subject areas with which they are dealing.
§ Mr. MillanNone. The construction industry in Great Britain as a whole is sponsored by the Secretary of State for the Environment.
§ Mr. Welshasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what estimate he has of the present operating capacity of the construction industry in Scotland.
§ Mr. MillanThe report of the Building and Civil Engineering Economic Development Committees' Scottish Industry Strategy Committee which was published earlier this year is a useful study of the resources available to the construction industry in Scotland in recent years and the resources which it would require to meet a range of possible future levels of demand.