§ 38. Mr. DUNCAN MILLARasked the Secretary for Scotland what progress is being made in carrying out the new housing scheme at the village of West Benhar, Lanarkshire, where the whole buildings have been condemned as unfit for habitation under a closing order; whether a suitable site has been obtained for the new buildings, and on what terms; and whether the owner of the land will be taken as bound to make payment of compensation in the event of the new buildings being damaged by subsidence due to the workings of his mineral tenants?
Mr. McKINNON WOODAs this question did not appear in the Paper until yesterday, I have not yet been able to obtain the most recent information re- 2098 garding the scheme, but am in communication with the Local Government Board on the subject of my hon. and learned Friend's question.