§ MR. WEIRI beg to ask the Secretary for Scotland if he will state how many cottars resident at Upper Bayble, Island of Lewis, have written to 659 the Scottish Office expressing their willingness to transfer themselves to the mainland provided that the Congested Districts Board arrange reasonable aid for their settlement; and will the Board consider the expediency of making the conditions of migration known throughout the island by means of posters in the different townships.
§ MR. SINCLAIRI would refer the hon. Member to my Answer to his unstarred Question No. 5 of June 11th.† No such cottars have hitherto expressed their willingness, so far as I know, to migrate to the mainland. In regard to the complaint made by these cottars and referred to in my reply of June 11th, the Congested Districts Board is in correspondence with the Landward Committee.