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Mr. Donald Stewart
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what progress has been made in the inspection of hotels in Scotland to enforce regulations against fires.
Mr. William Ross
About 5,800 hotels and boarding-houses have applied for fire certificates under the Fire Precautions (Hotels and Boardinghouses) (Scotland) Order 1972. Of these, about 1,100 have received certificates from the fire authorities concerned and a further 2,000 have been inspected for certification purposes.