§ 29. Mr. Carmichaelasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is yet in a position to set up a public inquiry into the constructional deficiencies at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill, Glasgow.
§ Mr. Harry EwingNo. The Greater Glasgow Health Board will in due course be seeking to recover the costs of remedial works from those responsible for the defects at this hospital; and I am advised that a public inquiry held in advance of arbitration or litigation could prejudice the Board's chances of recovery.