HC Deb 21 July 1936 vol 315 cc255-6
70. Mr. WATSON

asked the Minister of Labour how many local advisory committees are to be set up in Scotland by the Unemployment Assistance Board; in what areas are they to be located; and will he give the names of the chairmen of the committees?

Lieut.-Colonel MUIRHEAD

Twenty-two local advisory committees are being set up by the board in Scotland. With the hon. Member's permission I will circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT a list showing the areas of the committees and the names of the chairmen.

Following is the list:

Advisory Committees in Scotland.

Areas Allocated to Committee and Chairman.

The City of Dundee and the County of Angus.—Sir John Lamb, K.C.B.*

The City of Aberdeen and the Counties of Aberdeen, Banff and Kincardine.—J. R. Rust, LL.D.

The Counties of Fife and Kinross.—A. Kilgour.

The Large Burgh and the County of Perth.—Lord Provost Nimmo.

The County of Zetland.—T. Johnston, J.P.

The City of Edinburgh and the Counties of East Lothian, Midlothian and West Lothian.—Professor A. Gray, M.A.

The Counties of Stirling and Clackmannan.—George Lindsay.

The Counties of Dumfries, Kirkcudbright and Wigtown.—Lieut.-Colonel F. J. Carruthers.

The Counties of Berwick, Peebles, Roxburgh and Selkirk.—I. Gray Wallis.

The Central and North Western part of the City of Glasgow.—Sir Robert. Wilson, D.L., J.P., LL.D.

The Eastern part of the City of Glasgow.—J. M. Ritchie, C.B.E.

The Southern part of the City of Glasgow and the Large Burgh of Rutherglen.—Sir Alexander B. Swan.

The County of Dumbarton.—Thomas D. Findlay.

The County of Ayr.—Colonel C. L. C. Hamilton, C.M.G., D.S.O.

The Large Burghs of Hamilton, Mother-well and Wishaw and part of the County of Lanark.—Sir William B. Thomson, D.L., J.P.

The Large Burghs of Airdrie and Coat-bridge and part of the County of Lanark.—J. McGhie, J.P.

The Large Burghs of Paisley, Greenock, and Port Glasgow and the County of Renfrew.—A. T. Taylor, O.B.E., J.P.

The Counties of Argyll and Bute.—Colonel Bruce A. Campbell, T.D., J.P.

The Counties of Inverness, Moray and Nairn, and Ross and Cromarty (Mainland).—G. G. Middleton, M.A., Ch. B., D.P.H.

The Counties of Caithness and Sutherland.—Colonel D. Keith Murray.

The Outer Hebrides.—Angus Smith.

The Islands of Orkney.—Alex. Calder.

* Sir John Lamb has been obliged to resign on account of ill-health. The appointment of a successor is under consideration.

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