§ Mr. Dewarasked the Prime Minister if she intends to legislate in this Parliament to transfer responsibility for promoting tourism in Scotland furth of the United Kingdom from the British tourist authority to the Scottish tourist board; and if she will make a statement.
§ The Prime MinisterLegislation will be needed to implement our Scottish manifesto commitment, and my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Trade and Industry, Scotland and Wales are considering the changes that will be necessary. These would extend the powers of the Scottish tourist board to include promotional activity outside the United Kingdom, but would supplement, not replace, the promotion of Scotland undertaken by the British tourist authority.