§ 94. Mr. HOGGEasked the Secretary for Scotland if he will state what the Board of Agriculture are proposing to do as a result of their recent inquiry into the kelp industry in Scotland?
The SECRETARY for SCOTLAND (Mr. McKinnon Wood)The Board have communicated with a number of authorities and proprietors in the Inner and Outer Hebrides and Shetland with a view to inducing them to organise the industry, and the Scottish Agricultural Organisation Society has undertaken similar work in Caithness. The Board are arranging to send instructors to a number of districts in these areas where kelp making is to be undertaken, and they are distributing a practical leaflet on the subject, of which I am sending a copy to my hon. Friend.