HC Deb 03 November 1992 vol 213 cc157-8W
Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list, for the last 12 months, the titles of papers published by the chief executive of each executive agency for which he is responsible.

Mr. Lang

I have passed the hon. Member's question to the chief executives of each of the agencies for which I have responsibility and asked them to reply to him directly.

Letter from J. W. Barron to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 26 October 1992:

PUBLICATION OF PAPERS

The Secretary of State for Scotland has passed to me for my interests your question regarding publication of papers by this Agency.

We have published no papers in the last twelve months within the strict meaning of your question. We have, of course, published our Annual Report for 1991–92 and copies are already available to the Library.

Letter from M. J. Richardson to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 23 October 1992:

I refer to your Question to the Secretary of State for Scotland asking if he will list for the last 12 months, the titles of papers published by the Chief Executive of each executive agency for which he is responsible.

In the Director's absence on leave I list below the papers published by Dr. R. K. M. Hay in the last 12 months.

Hay, R. K. M. and Kemp, D. R. (1992). The prediction of leaf canopy expansion in the leek from a simple model dependent on primordial development. (Ann. appl. Biol., 120, 537–545).

Hay, R. K. M. and Offer, N. W. (in press). Helianthus tuberosus as an Alternative Forage Crop for Cool Maritime Regions: A Preliminary Study of the Yield and Nutritional Quality of Shoot Tissues from Perennial Stands. (J. Sci. Food Agric).

If you require any further information, Dr. Hay will return from leave on Wednesday 28 October.

Letter from G. Munro to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 30 October 1992:

The Secretary of State for Scotland has asked me to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question which asked if he would list the titles of papers published by Historic Scotland during the last 12 months.

In that period the agency published its Annual Report and Accounts of 1991–92, and its Corporate Plan for the period 1992–95. Copies are available in the House of Commons Library.

In addition, Historic Scotland published the following papers and reports related to its activities:

  1. (i) "Maintaining Scotland's Archaeological Heritage"
  2. (ii) "Forestry and Archaeology in Scotland"
  3. (iii) "Historic Scotland Education Packs"
  4. (iv) The quarterly magazine "Welcome"
  5. (v) Five volumes of reports relating to research into stonecleaning in Scotland, and the proceedings of a related international conference held in Edinburgh.

A wide range of other leaflets, guidebooks, etc. were also produced and distributed as part of our objectives, and open access was made available to the lists of historic buildings, the schedule of monuments, and the reference information maintained by the Scottish Conservation Bureau.

Letter from A. Macleod to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 27 October 1992:

PUBLICATION OF PAPERS

The Secretary of State for Scotland has passed to me your question regarding publication of papers by this Agency.

The only document which the Agency has published in the last 12 months has been its Annual Report for 1991–92. Copies of this are available in the Library.