§ Mr. M. MacMILLANasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will state the number of smallholders settled in Ross and Cromarty, Inverness-shire, and Sutherland and Caithness, respectively, in each of the years 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, and 1935 by the Department of Agriculture in Scotland;
1208Wattending primary schools and secondary school-classes in the island of Lewis and in the county of Ross and Cromarty as a whole in the years 1920, 1925, 1930, and 1935?
§ Sir G. COLLINSThe following table gives the required information:
island of Lewis alone in the years 1920, 1925, 1930, and 1935?
§ Sir G. COLLINSThe following table gives the required information:
and the total population settled on these holdings in each of those counties during each of these years?
§ Sir G. COLLINSThe information desired by the hon. Member regarding the number of holders settled by the Department of Agriculture for Scotland is contained in the following table:
1209W
Year of Settlement. County. Ross and Cromarty. Inverness. Sutherland. Caithness. New Holdings. Enlargements. New Holdings. Enlargements. New Holdings. Enlargements. New Holdings. Enlargements. 1929 … 18 7 38 35 1 10 4 1 1930 … 16 92 14 18 3 — 7 2 1931 … 9 — 20 22 5 22 14 — 1932 … 16 — 29 1 — 2 21 4 1933 … 5 — 14 2 3 13 11 — 1934 … 3 — 8 2 — 27 8 4 1935 … 26 — 39 — 1 — 20 5 Total … 93 99 162 80 13 74 85 16 No record of the population involved in these settlements is available.