HC Deb 14 December 1943 vol 395 c1394
63. Mr. McNeil

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland in what towns tribunals will be set up to arbitrate on fair rents for sub-let furnished apartments?

The Secretary of State for Scotland (Mr. T. Johnston)

On 17th November I issued a circular to all local authorities asking them to consider as a matter of urgency the question of applying the Rent of Furnished Houses Control (Scotland) Act to their areas. Thirty-two local authorities, whose names I am circulating in the OFFICIAL REPORT, have already represented that the Act should be applied to their areas, and I am in communication with them in regard to the setting-up of the necessary tribunals.

Following are the local authorities who have asked to have the Act applied to their areas:

  1. (a) The county councils of Berwick, Kincardiac, Peebles.
  2. (b) The town councils of Arbroath, Buckie, Carnoustie, Clydebank, Cove and Kilcreggan, Darvel, Duns, Elgin, Fraserburgh, Galston, Glasgow, Gourock, Hawick, Helensburgh, Innerleithen, Inverurie, Irvine, Johnstone, Kilmarnock, Kinghorn, Leven, Nairn, Newburgh, Newmilns, Peebles, Perth, Prestwick, Troon, Wick.