§ MR. SMEATON (Stirlingshire)To ask the Secretary for Scotland whether he is aware that an assessment of 2d. per £, following upon a recent similar assessment, is being made in the parish of Kilsyth, in Stirlingshire, on proprietors who are Dissenters, and also upon Dissenting ministers, for whitewashing and decorating the Established 954 Church manse; and whether, in view of the recent Resolution of this House that all ecclesiastical assessments in Scotland shall cease and of the provisions of the Ecclesiastical Assessments Act of 1900, notably Clause 3, Sub-section (2), of that Act, he intends to take any, and, if any, what steps in the matter.
(Answered by Mr. Sinclair.) I have no information on this matter other than that furnished by my hon. friend. On the general Question I can only refer my hon. friend to the Answer given to the hon. Member for Aberdeen on the 13th March.†