§ MR. ESSLEMONT (Aberdeen, E.)asked the Lord Advocate, Whether it is the intention of Her Majesty's Government this Session to amend the Agricultural Holdings Act, and, in particular, with a view to remedy the conditions under which fishermen and others on the north-east coast of Scotland are obliged to build houses at their own cost, and are refused any tenure of land or compensation on removal, being "tenants at will," and liable to be removed a any term during the pleasure of the proprietor of the land?
THE LORD ADVOCATE (Mr. J. B. BALFOUR)&c.) (Clackmannan,I fear I cannot hold out hope of the general provisions of the Agricultural Holdings Act being amended during the present Session. Very hard cases of the class referred to in the Question have repeatedly been brought under my notice, and appear to call for a remedy, though it may be a question whether the remedy should find a place in an amendment of the Agricultural Holdings Act, or in a Local Government measure.