asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will publish a revised version of Command Paper No. 2864, the Scottish Economy, 1965–70, in view of the failure to fulfil the housing and schoolbuilding programmes, and the effect of the Selective Employment Tax on the service industries.

No, Sir. I do not accept the implications in the Question.

Will not the right hon. Gentleman even now speak up for Scotland and help the service industries, which figure so largely in the White Paper? Will not he help the vital tourist industry, which he now proposes to tax? Does not he recall that the tourist industry depends largely on part-time workers, who will be taxed at full-time rates?

I can appreciate the hon. Member's prepared and ready gloom about prospects in Scotland, but I do not share it.