§ MR. WEIRI beg to ask the Secretary for Scotland if he will state in what way he proposes to deal with the sanitary defects in the public schools on the western mainland of Ross-shire and the Island of Lewis, as disclosed in the statement made by the medical officer of health for the county at page 7 of his last Report, to the effect that there was still much to do in the case of schools on the West Coast and the Lews, particularly with regard to the want of a due supply of pure water and the filthy condition of the cloak-rooms and usual conveniences.
§ MR. SINCLAIROn the general question raised by my hon. friend I may refer him to the last two paragraphs of page lvii. of the Local Government Board Report for 1900. The Annual Report of the medical officer of the county of Ross and Cromarty goes to show that, supported by His Majesty's inspector of schools, he is drawing the attention of school boards to such defects as exist. When cases of failure of school boards to act on the recommendations of the sanitary officials are brought to the notice of the Local Government Board, it is that Board's practice to co-operate with the Scottish Education Department in securing improvements in the sanitary conditions of schools.