§ Mrs. EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his policy for responding to letters received in the(a) Scottish Gaelic, (b) Welsh, (c) Urdu, (d) Hindi and (e) Chinese language. [28053]
§ Mr. Wilson[holding answer 10 February 1998]: The Scottish Office has received no letters recently in the languages listed at (b) to (e). Correspondents who write in Gaelic may expect to receive a reply in Gaelic.