§ 24. Mr. LEONARDasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether the Board of Agriculture, as owners of shooting lodges in Skye and other parts of the Highlands, will be prepared to let the said lodges as hostels for visitors instead of retaining them for sportsmen; and whether the Board will make undeveloped ground on their estates available for hostels for tourists?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for SCOTLAND (Sir Godfrey Collins)The Department will be willing to consider any proposals of the nature suggested in the question which may be submitted to them, but it must be kept in view that the Department have a statutory duty to conserve their revenues for land settlement purposes.