24. Mr. Davidsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland the number of land purchases of 100 acres or more made in Scotland during the past nine months.
Mr. JohnstonThe total for all Scotland is 378. I am circulating in the OFFICIAL REPORT a table giving the figures by counties.
Mr. DavidsonHas my right hon. Friend any plan about future house-building in Scotland that will overcome the difficulty of dealing with those recent purchases of land in Scotland?
Mr. JohnstonI should like to have more adequate notice of that question, but, speaking generally, the answer is in the affirmative.
§ Mr. StokesWill my right hon. Friend consider introducing a thoroughgoing tax on site values in Scotland, which will put the matter right?
§ Mr. LevyHas the right hon. Gentleman any plans for the introduction of both water and drainage in the areas where these houses are going to be built?
§ Following is the table:
| RETURN OF LAND SALES IN SCOTLAND OF 100 ACRES OR MORE FOR THE NINE MONTHS TO 12TH FEBRUARY, 1944. | ||
| County. | Number of Purchases. | |
| 1. Aberdeen | … | 46 |
| 2. Angus | … | 13 |
| 3. Argyll | … | 8 |
| 4. Ayr | … | 23 |
| 5. Banff | … | 15 |
| 6. Berwick | … | 5 |
| 7. Caithness | … | 9 |
| 8. Dunbarton | … | 2 |
| 9. Dumfries | … | 30 |
| 10. East Lothian | … | 4 |
| 11. Fife | … | 6 |
| 12. Inverness | … | 8 |
| 13. Kincardine | … | 17 |
| 14. Kinross | … | 6 |
| 15. Kirkcudbright | … | 32 |
| 16. Lanark | … | 34 |
| 17. Midlothian | … | 9 |
| 18. Moray | … | 3 |
| 19. Orkney and Zetland | … | 8 |
| 20. Peebles | … | 7 |
| 21. Perth | … | 31 |
| 22. Renfrew | … | 12 |
| 23. Ross and Cromarty | … | 7 |
| 24. Roxburgh | … | 7 |
| 25. Selkirk | … | 6 |
| 26. Stirling | … | 6 |
| 27. Sutherland | … | 2 |
| 28. West Lothian | … | 5 |
| 29. Wigtown | … | 17 |
| 378 |