HC Deb 28 February 1989 vol 148 c129W
Mr. Wallace

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what criteria must be satisfied before he will take sites of historic or archaeological importance into his guardianship.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

Sites to be taken into the guardianship of the Secretary of State are normally those sites of eminent national importance, in historical or archaeological terms, whose maintenance and management cannot satisfactorily be undertaken by any other party.

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