§ Sir A. SINCLAIRasked the Secretary of State for Scotland, in what Scottish counties and burghs arrangements for the supply of milk to school children under approved Milk Marketing Board schemes at the beginning of the next school term in August have not yet been completed; and what steps he is taking in each case to overcome the difficulties?
§ Sir G. COLLINSArrangements for the supply of milk to school children at the beginning of the next school term have not yet been completed in the following Scottish counties, including burghs, covered by milk marketing schemes.
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Milk Marketing Schemes. Counties including Burghs. Area of the Scottish Milk Marketing Scheme. Argyll. Berwick. Roxburgh. Selkirk. Area of the Aberdeen and District Milk Marketing Scheme The whole area comprising Aberdeen and Kincardine. Area of the North of Scotland Milk Marketing Scheme. Caithness. Ross and Cromarty Sutherland. Nairn. While I have no power to direct the milk marketing boards as to the course they should pursue to overcome the difficulties which have arisen from a variety of causes in these areas, I have been in communication with the boards with a view to the necessary arrangements being made wherever possible.