§ Mr. HUNTasked the Lord Advocate whether he is aware that for the last forty years the Glasgow Parish Council has been boarding out Glasgow pauper children among the crofters of the West of Scotland; that 80 per cent. of the island of Iona consists of these children; and whether he can say what the Glasgow Parish Council pays per week for each child?
§ The LORD ADVOCATE (Mr. Ure)I am aware that the Glasgow Parish Council have for many years boarded out children among the West Highland crofters. The payment made for each child varies from 3s. to 5s. per week. It is not the case that 80 per cent. of the population of Iona consists of such children, the actual figures being 16.6 per cent.