§ MR. TENNANT (Berwickshire)To ask the Secretary for Scotland if, in view of the fact that boarded-out pauper children in Scotland are not inspected systematically by the general superintendents of poor under the Local Government Board, he will consider the expediency of having the children periodically inspected, preferably by lady inspectors under the Local Government Board, as in England and in Ireland.
(Answered by Mr. Graham Murray.) I am informed by the Local Government Board for Scotland that complaints in regard to children boarded out are of extremely rare occurrence. The subject has been before the Departmental Committee on Medical Relief in Scotland, and when the Report of that Committee is issued the Board will consider whether any action on the lines indicated is necessary or advisable.