§ MR. WEIR (Ross and Cromarty)To ask the Secretary for Scotland if he will state how many public schools in each of the crofting counties have no water supply laid on to the premises.
(Answered by Mr. A. Graham Murray) My only information in regard to the subject of the hon. Member's Question is based upon the observations made by the inspectors of the Education Department in the course of their visits to schools. The matter, however, is primarily one for the sanitary authority, and no exact statistics can be compiled from the inspectors' reports. Many of the schools in these districts appear not to have a supply of water laid on by pipes; but it does not follow that other methods of supply more suitable to the local circumstances may not be satisfactory. Wherever they have reason to think that it is deficient, the inspectors call attention to the fact and urge improvement.