HC Deb 09 July 1903 vol 125 c156
MR. WEIR (Ross and Cromarty)

I beg to ask the Lord Advocate if the Congested Districts Board will consider the expediency of granting loans to crofters and others in the Island of Lewis for the purpose of erecting new houses, in cases in which the present structures have been condemned by local authorities as insanitary and fever-stricken dwellings.

THE SOLICITOR-GENERAL (Mr. SCOTT DICKSON,) Glasgow, Bridgton

Under the existing law the Congested Districts Board has no power to grant loans to crofters for the purpose of erecting new houses on their crofts. A Bill to amend the Act in this as well as in other respects is now before the House.

MR. WEIR

Will you get the Bill pushed through, and not allow it to be blocked day after day?

MR. SCOTT DICKSON

We are anxious to see it passed.