§ Mr. SalmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) on how many occasions the Minister has met representatives of the North East River Purification Board in the last nine months; what subjects were discussed; and on what dates the meetings took place;
(2) if he has received any correspondence from the North East River Purification Board concerning matters relating to the duties and structures of the board for which he is responsible; and whether he has received any representations on such matters.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe Secretary of State has not met representatives of the board in the past nine months. No representations have been received about the board's duties and structures; I have received a letter from the hon. Member about the responsibilities of the Secretary of State in this respect, to which I am replying. The clerk to the board wrote to the Department last October intimating the board's intention to restructure its management organisation. There is, of course, day-to-day official correspondence with the board on matters of mutual interest.