§ MR. WEIRI beg to ask the Lord Advocate, as representing the Secretary for Scotland, whether he is aware that on 11th April the Congested Districts Board informed Mr. Malcolm McLeod, of Borroston, Uig, Island of Lewis, that the Board were unable to comply with the request of the township of Borroston for a bull, as the number of applications received by the Board far exceeded the number of bulls at their disposal; and seeing that the Board had already arranged that a bull should be sent in May to the township of Carloway, a few miles away, will he state why this fact was not explained to the people of Borroston, who were led to suppose from the letter which they received from the Board that a bull would not be available for their township.
*MR. A. GRAHAM MURRAYThe answer to the hon. Member is that there was no bull at the disposal of the Congested Districts Board when the application from Borroston was made. As explained to the hon. Member in my former answer, a bull had been promised to Carloway in February for the month of May, and no explanation of the fact seemed called for to a correspondent who dated his letter Borroston, Carloway, and asked for a bull in April.
§ MR. WEIRWill the right hon. Gentleman arrange that the bull sent to Carloway shall be available for the township of Borroston, which is only three or four miles distant?
*MR. A. GRAHAM MURRAYThat must depend on local circumstances, with which the hon. Member is perhaps better acquainted than I am. It is a question whether the bull will have leisure.
§ MR. WEIRThere is a large population at Borroston. Will the Secretary for Scotland provide a bull which will have leisure? I shall raise this question on the Estimates.