§ Mrs. Margaret EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list(a) the areas in respect of which the provisions of the Land Registration (Scotland) Act 1979 relating to registration have come into operation and (b) those areas in respect of which said provisions have not yet come into operation showing when it is estimated that provisions will come into operation.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonAs regards(a), I refer the hon. Member to the answer that I gave her on 19 December 1989 at columns 145–46. By definition, the remaining areas of Scotland are not yet operational. No new areas are currently planned to become operational before 31 March 1993. My right hon. and learned Friend has asked the Keeper of the Registers of Scotland to present to him, this financial year, a phased programme for extending the Land Register to the remaining two thirds of Scotland.