71. Mr. MacCALLUM SCOTTasked the Secretary for Scotland whether he has any information as to the encroachments of bracken on hill pastures in Scotland; and whether the Board of Agriculture propose to make any organised effort to check these encroachments?
§ Mr. MUNROI am aware that bracken is spreading on many hill pastures in Scotland. The present scarcity of labour, and the lack of housing accommodation in the districts affected, make it impossible to carry out operations on a large scale for the eradication of bracken, but the Board of Agriculture for Scotland have now under consideration a scheme for employing on this work schoolboys working from holiday camps.