asked the Secretary of State for Scotland which working parties are currently being sponsored by the Scottish Office with regard to the construction industry in Scotland; and if he will list the subject areas with which they are dealing.

None. The construction industry in Great Britain as a whole is sponsored by the Secretary of State for the Environment.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what estimate he has of the present operating capacity of the construction industry in Scotland.

The report of the Building and Civil Engineering Economic Development Committees' Scottish Industry Strategy Committee which was published earlier this year is a useful study of the resources available to the construction industry in Scotland in recent years and the resources which it would require to meet a range of possible future levels of demand.