§ 68. Mr. JAMES HOGGEasked the Secretary for Scotland when the Land Court intend to issue the fair rents for holdings in the Lochranza district of Arran; and whether there is any means whereby a small holder can obtain a loan, apart from the ordinary channels, for rebuilding such buildings as dwelling-houses on small holdings?
The SECRETARY for SCOTLAND (Mr.. McKinnon Wood)Some of these fair rents are ready for issue; others require further consideration. No prejudice will be suffered by the small holders, as the fair rents when fixed date back to the receipt of the application by the Land Court. At present the funds of the Board of Agriculture for Scotland are all required to provide new buildings on new holdings, and the Board can only deal with demands of this description in exceptional cases.
§ Mr. HOGGEWould the Board not consider that old buildings which are absolutely dilapidated are equivalent to the position where new buildings are required?
Mr. McKINNON WOODNo, I do not think they are equivalent. I think new buildings are much more essential in the one case than in the other.