HC Deb 30 June 1865 vol 180 c982
MR. KINNAIRD

said, in the absence of his hon. Friend (Mr. Waldegrave-Leslie), he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether the Inclosure Commissioners have been able to make any arrangement by which Plans and Specifications for Farm Buildings and Cottages in Scotland proposed to be erected under Land improvement Acts may be submitted to an Architect or Surveyor acquainted with the Scotch system of erecting Farm Buildings and Cottages; and whether the Inclosure Commissioners have yet agreed to modify their requirements for Farm Labourers' Cottages in Scotland so as to make them more suited to the wants and habits of the people of Scotland and the climate of the country?

SIR GEORGE GREY

said, in reply, that immediately after the discussion which took place a short time ago on the observations made by the hon. Gentleman the Member for Hastings (Mr. Waldegrave-Leslie) with reference to the rules and practice of the Inclosure Commissioners, he addressed a letter to the Commissioners, stating the nature of the objections to their alleged practices, and requesting them to furnish him with a full Report as to the rules upon which they acted, and the manner in which those rules were carried out. That Report had just been received, and it would be laid upon the table of the House immediately.