I can certainly help the hon. Gentleman. I am assured that, in relation to education in Scotland, the powers to make regulations under section 2 of the Education (Scotland) (No. 2) Act 1980 are sufficient for that purpose.

I should have mentioned before, and perhaps by way of Intervention I can advise the hon. Gentleman now, that the Department of the Environment consultations that were begun in December 1984 were addressed essentially to the general question of access to housing files, and to whether that should be by statutory or voluntary means. The consultations were not concerned with the detailed machinery with which the Department wishes to deal under the regulations.