§ 47. Mr. KIRKWOODasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether the Department of Health have taken any action with regard to the housing and sanitary conditions in the mining village of Standburn, near Falkirk, where a large number of families are living in insanitary conditions and will he state why the Stirlingshire County Council has not taken action to enforce improvements in accordance with the reports prepared by the sanitary inspector some years ago?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for SCOTLAND (Mr. Skelton)On 8th June representatives of the County Council of Stirling discussed the Housing situation at Standburn with officials of the Department of Health in Edinburgh. It was then decided that the county council should confer with the owners of the houses, Messrs. James Nimmo and Company. A meeting was held between county council representatives and Mr. James Nimmo on 6th July when Mr. Nimmo undertook to go into the question with his fellow directors. I understand that the county council has not yet been informed as to the result.