HC Deb 01 May 1928 vol 216 cc1499-500
20. Mr. BUCHANAN

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware that in certain counties in Scotland no facilities are maintained for the purpose of the treatment of venereal disease; that 26 towns of a population of 10,000 and over have no clinic; that a number of sufferers are constantly shifting from place to place; and if, in view of the dissatisfaction arising from this, he will consider the establishing of a committee of inquiry into the whole question of the treatment of venereal disease?

Sir J. GILMOUR

While in certain counties in Scotland there are no centres for the treatment of venereal disease, there is no county in Scotland that is

unfit for human habitation was 3,007; (2) the number of houses under the slum clearance scheme completed and occupied was 2,716; and (3) the number of houses in course of construction under the slum clearance scheme was 870. Other than the numbers given in (2) and (3) there are no houses authorised under the slum clearance scheme.