§ 70. Mr. WATSONasked 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 MUIRHEADTwenty-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.
256§ 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.