Red Deer Commission (Annual Report)

HC Deb 28 March 1961 vol 637 c1128

34. Mr. Rankin

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland when he expects to receive his First Annual Report from the Red Deer Commission.

Mr. Maclay

I expect to receive this Report next week.

Mr. Rankin

So the Question has been helpful, I take it. The right hon. Gentleman will recall that it is nearly two years since we parted with the Bill. Has he no interim figures to give us an idea of how he is proceeding in regard to the problem of deer overcrowding in the Highlands? Is he any more successful there than in his attempts to deal with the overcrowding of human beings in Glasgow?

Mr. Maclay

The hon. Member will appreciate that the Deer Commission came into existence only on 1st October, 1959, and the report will cover its operations since then.