(a) Does a cross currently feature as a separate furnishing of significance inside St Andrew's Cathedral?

(b) If not, has this always been the case?

(c) If the answer to (b) is "yes"

(i) who has been responsible for that ongoing decision?

(ii) what are the reasons for this decision?

(d) If the answer to (b) is "no"

(i) when did a cross cease to be a furnishing of significance in the Cathedral?

(ii) who was responsible for this decision?

(iii) what were the circumstances surrounding this decision?

(iv) what were the reasons for this decision?

To which the President replied -

I am informed that the answers are as follows.

(a) No.

(b) It would seem so. There is no photographic or other evidence of a cross ever having featured as a separate furnishing of significance inside the Cathedral.

(c) It does not seem that a formal request to furnish the Cathedral with a cross has ever been made.

(d) In light of the answer in (c), this part of the question is not required to be answered.