§ MR. WEIR (ROSS and Cromarty)To ask the Secretary for Scotland, in view of the fact that it is now 824 upwards of three years since Dr. Dittmar, the medical inspector for the Local Government Board for Scotland, reported the sanitary condition of the townships in the Island of Lewis as dangerous to the public health, will he state whether he has yet obtained from the local authority information in regard to the houses contained in these townships; and has he yet succeeded in making arrangements with the Treasury such as will admit of assistance being given towards the construction of houses on new sites.
(Answered by Mr. Sinclair.) I learn on inquiry that steady progress is being made in the sanitary improvement of crofters' houses. This and other questions affecting administration in the Lews are constantly before me, but no arrangements in the direction referred to by my hon. friend have been made.