§ Mr. StrangTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he expects to reply to the policy review on the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments—England, Wales and Scotland that was undertaken by Peat, Marwick, McClintock; and when he expects to act on the report's recommendations.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe consultants' review was commissioned as part of a policy review of the three532W Commissions undertaken jointly by the Department of the Environment, the Scottish Development Department, and CADW (Welsh Historic Monuments). We announced our decisions on the main points of principle raised in the Peat, Marwick, McLintock reports recommendations relating to the Scottish Commission on 22 February at columns 588–89. There remain further points of detail which affect all three Commissions. We aim to conclude this work by the end of the year.