§ 31. Mr. MACPHERSONasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he has completed his appointments for this year of auditors for local audits under the third schedule of the Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1929; and, if not, will he consider the claims of local auditors when available to undertake such work or, alternatively, arrange to distribute appointments for such work more evenly and fairly throughout the country?
Mr. W. ADAMSONThe reply to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. The desirability of distributing these appointments among qualified auditors throughout the country is always kept in view.
§ Mr. MACPHERSONIf I give the Secretary of State for Scotland some very hard cases where there has been an unfair distribution of these appointments, will he take the matter into consideration?