§ MR. A. SUTHERLAND (Sutherland)asked the Lord Advocate, Whether, in view of the Report of the Crofters' Commission that the causes which have prevented applications for enlargement of holdings under the Crofters' Holdings Act being lodged in any number are to be found in the Act itself, and particularly in Section 13, which fixes the scope of the words "available land," the Government intends to amend the Act so as to remove the restrictions imposed by the said section?
§ DR. CLARK (Caithness)asked the Lord Advocate, Whether it is the case that not a single holding has been enlarged since the Crofters' Act came into operation; and, whether, considering that the Royal Commission reported that the most pressing and the most important grievance of the crofters was inadequate holdings, and that the Crofters' Commission now reports that the clauses regarding increase of holdings are unworkable under present circumstances, the Government intend to introduce a measure to remedy the worst grievance that the crofters suffer from.
§ THE LORD ADVOCATE (Mr. J. H. A. MACDONALD) (Edinburgh and St. Andrew's Universities)The Government do not intend to bring in a measure to amend the Crofters' Act.
§ THE LORD ADVOCATEI answer in the affirmative.