§ Sir E. FINDLAYasked the Secretary of State for Scotland the number of agricultural workers employed in the North-Eastern division of Scotland in 1913, 1925 and 1935?
§ Sir G. COLLINSThe numbers of agricultural workers in the North-Eastern agricultural division of Scotland (comprising the counties of Aberdeen, Banff, Kincardine, Moray and Nairn) as returned to the Department of Agriculture for Scotland in the years specified are as follow:
§ Mr. STEPHENasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many houses in the Dennistoun, Whitevale, and Mile End Wards of the Camlachie Parliamentary Division have been scheduled as overcrowded; and how many houses are being built or are to be provided within the next 12 months to meet the housing difficulties of the people living in these overcrowded conditions?
§ Sir G. COLLINSThe report on overcrowding recently prepared by the Corporation showed that 1,264, 2,039 and 2,357 fit houses in the Dennistoun, White-vale and Mile End Wards respectively were overcrowded. As regards the 815W second part of the question the Corporation propose to provide 51,000 new houses for the relief of overcrowding in the city as a whole, including the wards referred to, and their programme contemplates the erection of 6,500 houses per annum. The Corporation are unable at this stage to say the numbers of houses to be built in particulars wards of the city.