§ MR. ANDERSONasked the President of the Local Government Board, If he has yet decided what proportion of the amount he is allocating to the relief of highway rates will be given to Scotland?
§ MR. R. H. PAGETasked the President of the Local Government Board, Whether he was able to state the amount of the subvention to be paid from Imperial funds in aid of main roads, and the manner in which it is to be allotted among the various highway authorities?
§ MR. DODSONIn answer to both my hon. Friends, I can only say, as the Chancellor of the Exchequer and I have said in answer to former Questions of a similar character, that the Government are not prepared to make statements piecemeal as to the proposed distribution of the provisional grant in aid, but must wait till they have the opportunity of submitting their scheme of distribution as a whole. The Chancellor of the Exchequer stated, in his Budget speech, that the total amount of the proposed subvention was £247,000, or, in round numbers, £250,000.