asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many small hotels and boarding houses have reduced their accommodation to less than six letting bedrooms, since the introduction of the Fire Precautions Act; and if he will make a statement.

So far as is known to the fire authorities, the accommodation in about 1,000 hotels and boarding houses in Scotland has been reduced in such a way as to take the premises outside the scope of the Fire Precautions (Hotels and Boarding-Houses) (Scotland) Order 1972.