MR. MACDONALD CAMERON (, &c.) Wickasked the Lord Advocate, Whether his attention has been called to a correspondence which has been proceeding between the Local Authority of the Burgh of Tain and the Board of Supervision regarding an alleged breach of the Public Health (Scotland) Act; and, whether, in cases where the Local Authority omits to put the provisions of the said Act in force, it is within the province of the Board to insist on their doing so?
THE SOLICITOR GENERAL FOR SCOTLAND (Mr. J. P. B. ROBERTSON)(who replied) said (Bute)I am informed that a correspondence has recently taken place between the Board of Supervision and a local complainer regarding an alleged breach of the Public Health Act. As the statements of the Local Authority and the complainer were conflicting, the Board have remitted the case to their Inspecting Officer to inquire and report—when next in the neighbourhood; and, at the same time, informed the complainer that the Act empowered any two householders to take proceedings against the Local Authority, irrespective of the Board. As to the last Question, the Board considered all such cases as this one on their merits; and if 1713 satisfied that the public health is not injured by the arrangements complained of, they do not proceed against the Local Authority, leaving it to the complainers to do so if so advised.