HC Deb 27 October 1976 vol 918 c225W
Mr. Rifkind

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland which areas his Department will be responsible for after the implementation of the Government's present devolution proposals.

Mr. Harry Ewing

Part V of the White Paper "Our Changing Democracy—Devolution to Scotland and Wales" (Cmnd 6348), as modified by the Supplementary Statement of August 1976 (Cmnd 6585), sets out the responsibilities which will be exercised by my right hon. Friend's Department after implementation of the Government's present devolution proposals.

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