7 JUNE 1957, Page 18

SCOTS AT WESTMINSTER

SIR,—Sir Robert Boothby's article brings to mind the story (no doubt known to him and to many of your readers) of the Scot who came to London for a few days for important business—his first visit. On his return to Edinburgh he was asked bis opinion of the English. 'I dinna ken,' he said, 'I only saw Heids of Departments:—Yours faithfully,