§ The Earl of CROMARTIEasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will instruct the surveyors of the Ordnance Survey not to accept too readily anglicised place names, now more common due to the arrival of more English settlers in Scotland; and to obtain the information necessary from long established inhabitants.
§ Baroness STEDMANThe Ordnance Survey's policy is to adopt place names in the form and spelling which at the date of the survey are the most generally useful and acceptable in the locality concerned. In making its decision the Ordnance Survey is guided primarily by local usage and custom, and consults such authorities as appear appropriate.
Where it is impossible to establish which of two alternative forms is the recognised name, both may be given. In such cases in Scotland Gaelic names will be written first.