§ *MR. WEIRI beg to ask the Secretary for Scotland, in view of the fact that the Scottish Office state that the local authority in the Island of Lewis are not in possession of sufficient funds to admit of any satisfactory improvement being effected in the supply of water in the insanitary townships, will he state how he proposes to deal with the matter, "specially bearing in mind that nearly every outbreak of fever in the island has been attributed to the defective water supply.
§ MR. SINCLAIRI am glad to inform my hon. friend that some progress is being made. The Local Government Board are informed that during the past three years four new wells have been sunk and three more are expected to be completed by May.
§ *MR. REESIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that the people of Stornoway have twice held indignation meetings to protest against the insanitary character attributed by the hon. Member to their salubrious island?
§ *MR. WEIRIs not the hon. Member for Montgomery Boroughs aware that Stornoway is not the Island of Lewis.