Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 28 July 1959.
Mr Jon Rankin
, Glasgow Govan
12:00,
28 July 1959
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many local authorities in Scotland have now made orders declaring smoke control areas; and how many have still to be confirmed by him.
Hon. John Maclay
, Renfrewshire West
Four local authorities—Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee and the Burgh of Dumbarton—have each made one smoke control area order. The Dumbarton order has still to be confirmed.
Mr Jon Rankin
, Glasgow Govan
Do not those figures indicate that, while there is admittedly a sluggardly attitude among the local authorities, there is an even more sluggardly attitude on the part of the Secretary of State for Scotland? From these two similarities, when does he propose to develop some speed?
Hon. John Maclay
, Renfrewshire West
Personal abuse never reduces smoke abatement.
Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who conducted the Royal Correspondence under Elizabeth I. Now it is the title held by some of the more important Government Ministers, for example the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
