§ Mrs. Mannasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware of the anxiety caused to tenants of uninhabitable houses in Coatbridge by the plague of rats which destroy sleep and contaminate food; and will he issue instructions and assist the sanitary officials to have this menace ended with all possible speed.
Mr. FraserCoatbridge Town Council are the local authority responsible under the Rats and Mice (Scotland) Order, 1943, and I am satisfied that they are actively performing their duties. However, officials of the Department of Agriculture and of the Town Council met on 7th November and made arrangements for an immediate joint survey, so that any necessary additional steps can be taken.