§ MR. AINSWORTH (Argyllshire) moved that a Select Committee be appointed to consider and report on the decrease of population in the crofting counties of Scotland and the causes of and remedies for the same. He hoped the Secretary for Scotland would be able to accede to this request. The right hon. Gentleman knew the immense importance of this question, not only to Scotland, but to the country at large.
§ Motion made, and Question proposed, "That a Select Committee be appointed to consider and report on the decrease of population in the Crofting Counties of Scotland and the causes of and remedies for the same."—(Mr. Ainsworth.)
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR SCOTLAND (Mr. A. GRAHAM MURRAY.
| AYES. | ||
| Agg-Gardner, James Tynte | Compton, Lord Alwyne | Harris, F. Leverton (Tynem'th |
| Allen, Charles P. | Cook, Sir Frederick Lucas | Harris, Dr. Fredk. R. (Dulwich |
| Anson, Sir William Reynell | Corbett, A. Cameron (Glasgow) | Haslam, Sir Alfred S. |
| Arkwright, John Stanhope | Cross, Alexander (Glasgow) | Heath, A. Howard (Hanley) |
| Arnold-Forster.Rt.Hn. Hugh O | Cross, Herb. Shepherd (Bolton) | Heath, James (Staffords., N.W. |
| Arrol, Sir William | Crossley, Rt. Hon. Sir Savile | Henderson, Sir A. (Stafford, W. |
| Atkinson, Rt. Hon. John | Cust, Henry John C. | Hermon-Hodge, Sir Robert T. |
| Aubrey-Fletcher, Rt.Hn. Sir H. | Dalkeith, Earl of | Hickman, Sir Alfred |
| Bain, Colonel James Robert | Dalrymple, Sir Charles | Hope, J.F.(Sheffield,Brightside |
| Balcarres, Lord | Davenport, William Bromley | Hozier, Hn. James Henry Cecil |
| Balfour, Rt. Hn. A. J.(Manch'r | Davies, Sir H. D. (Chatham) | Hudson, George Bickersteth |
| Balfour, Rt. Hon. G. W. (Leeds | Denny, Colonel | Hunt, Rowland |
| Banbury, Sir Frederick George | Dickinson, Robert Edmond | Kennaway, Rt.Hn.Sir John H. |
| Bathurst, Hon. Allen Benjamin | Dickson, Charles Scott | Kenyon-Slaney, Col. W. (Salop |
| Beach, Rt. Hn. Sir Mich. Hicks | Digby, John K D. Wingfield- | Kerr, John |
| Beaumont, Wentworth C. B. | Doughty, George | Keswick, William |
| Bignold, Arthur | Douglas, Rt. Hon. A. Akers | Knowles, Sir Lees |
| Black, Alexander William | Durning-Lawrence, Sir Edwin | Law, Andrew Bonar (Glasgow) |
| Blundell, Colonel Henry | Ellis, John Edward (Notts.) | Lawrence, Wm. F. (Liverpool) |
| Bond, Edward | Finch, Rt. Hon. George H. | Lawson, J. Grant (Yorks., N.R |
| Brassey, Albert | Finlay, Sir Robert Bannatyne | Lee, A. H. (Hants., Fareham) |
| Brodrick, Rt. Hon. St. John | Fitzroy, Hn. Edward Algernon | Lees, Sir Elliott (Birkenhead) |
| Brymer, William Ernest | Forster, Henry William | Legge, Col. Hon. Heneage |
| Causton, Richard Knight | Foster, P. S. (Warwick, S.W.) | Leveson-Gower, Frederick N.S. |
| Cecil, Evelyn (Aston Manor) | Fyler, John Arthur | Long, Col. Charles W.(Evesham |
| Cecil, Lord Hugh (Greenwich) | Galloway, William Johnson | Long, Rt. Hon. W. (Bristol, S.) |
| Chamberlain, Rt Hn.J.A(Worc. | Gordon, Hn.J.E.(Elgin&Nairn) | Lonsdale, John Brownlee |
| Chaplin, Rt. Hon. Henry | Gordon, Maj. E. (T'r Hamlets) | Lough, Thomas |
| Chapman, Edward | Gray, Ernest (West Ham) | Loyd, Archie Kirkman |
| Charrington, Spencer | Greene, Henry D.(Shrewsbury) | Lucas, Col. Francis (Lowestoft) |
| Clive, Captain Percy A. | Gretton, John | Lucas, Reginald J.(Portsmouth |
| Cochrane, Hon. Thos. H. A. E. | Gurdon, Sir William Brampton | Lyttelton, Rt. Hon. Alfred |
| Collings, Rt. Hon. Jesse | Hamilton, Marq of(L'nd'nderry | M'Arthur, Charles (Liverpool) |
| Colston, Chas. Edw. H. Athole | Hare, Thomas Leigh | M'Calmont, Colonel James |
§ Buteshire) said he thought the hon. Member was not really serious in bringing forward the Motion at so late an hour. It would be impossible for the Government to pledge themselves on this matter, because they did not know that there was any necessity for such an inquiry as that proposed. He had not heard a single word from the hon. Member in support of the proposal.
§ And, it being Midnight, the debate stood adjourned.