§ 33. Mr. T. JOHNSTONasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what quantities of milk have been supplied in the counties of Roxburgh, Berwick and Selkirk under the milk-in-schools scheme?
§ Sir G. COLLINSNo milk has been supplied under the milk-in-schools scheme in the counties named.
§ Mr. JOHNSTONDoes the right hon. Gentleman not think it is a shameful state of affairs that, under the administration 235 of his Department, there should not be, in the three counties specified, one pennyworth of milk supplied to the schoolchildren?
§ Sir G. COLLINSThe right hon. Gentleman knows that the matter rests with the local authorities, and in these counties the local authorities refuse to accept any milk other than certified milk from their own areas, on terms and conditions that are at variance with the conditions of the scheme. I have no power to overrule these local authorities.