§ MR. WEIR (Ross and Cromarty)To ask the Secretary for Scotland whether he is aware that out of 936 persons on the valuation roll for the parish of Barvas, Island of Lewis, no less than 880 have no vote for school board elections by reason of their rentals being less than 898 £4; and, seeing that this results in schools being placed under the chairmanship of the proprietor's factor who is chairman of three of the four school boards in the island, will he take such stops as may be necessary to extend the school board franchise to all persons entitled to vote at parliamentary and county council elections.
(Answered by Mr. Sinclair.) Pending the issue of the Return referred to in my Answer to his Question of March 26th, I can express no opinion as to the correctness of the figures quoted by the hon. Member. The question of the school board franchise is one to be dealt with in a general education bill for Scotland.