§ MR. WEIRI beg to ask the Lord Advocate, having regard to the statement contained on page 6 of the Report of the Congested Districts Board for Scotland, to the effect that county councils are not authorised to spend public money in the maintenance of bridges which are unfit for cart traffic, will he state what arrangements have now been made for the maintenance of such bridges.
§ * MR. A. GRAHAM MURRAYThe statement in question is not in the Report of the Congested Districts Board, but in a memorandum by the Under Secretary. The difficulty has been got over in some cases by using the powers of parish councils. If the hon. Member has read the next sentence he will see the difficulty is recognised as one that cannot be wholly surmounted without further legislation.