MARQUESS of TULLIBARDINEasked the Lord Advocate if he will explain how that part of Brae Roy which is to be cleared of sheep can be economically put to any other purpose than that of a deer forest; and, if so, will he take action in the matter?
§ The LORD ADVOCATE (Mr. Ure)I do not know that part of Brae Roy which is to be cleared of sheep can be economically put to any other purpose than that of a deer forest. I cannot, therefore, give the explanation asked by the Noble Lord; nor do I propose to take any action.
MARQUESS of TULLIBARDINEMay I ask if I am then to assume that the proprietor who is converting this ground into a deer forest is really a public benefactor?
MARQUESS of TULLIBARDINEasked if there have been, so far as can be ascertained, any dwellings on that part of Brae Roy that is to be cleared for deer forest oilier than the two shepherds' houses now existing, one of which was built by the present proprietor?
§ Mr. UREI refer the Noble Lord to the answer which I gave last week to the hon. Baronet the Member for Inverness-shire, to which I have nothing to add.
MARQUESS Of TULLIBARDINEMay I ask the Lord Advocate if any statements saying that the people are being cleared off this ground at the present moment are inaccurate. Will he inquire?