§ Mr. WEIRasked the Lord Advocate, in view of the remarks contained on page 22 of the recently issued report of the medical officer for Ross and Cromarty, will he state what steps are being taken to provide the townships of Cromore and Calbost, Island of Lewis, with a suitable supply of water?
§ Mr. UREThe Local Government Board are informed that the question of the water supply at Cromore has frequently been considered by the local authority. A new well with a pump was built some years ago at a considerable cost, but the people destroyed it. Efforts by the local authority have been in progress for some time back, both for Cromore and Calbost.
§ Mr. WEIRasked the Lord Advocate if the Barvas School Board, Island of Lewis, will be instructed to institute an inquiry into the charges of excessive punishment brought against the master of Bragar public school by the parents of children attending the school?
§ Mr. UREI am to refer the hon. Member to my answer to his question of 19th April last, and to state that the question of excessive punishment having already been the subject of inquiry in the Sheriff Court with a favourable result to the schoolmaster, the Department see no necessity for instructing a fresh investigation on the part of the school board.
§ Mr. WEIRasked the Lord Advocate, in view of the fact that children attending the Bragar School, in the parish of Barvas, Island of Lewis, are in the habit of carrying peats to school, and that the Scottish Office issued an Order some years ago deprecating the practice, will a copy of the Order be sent to each school board in the island; and will these boards be instructed to arrange for each school under their control to be provided with a sufficient supply of peats at the cost of the respective boards?
§ Mr. UREI would refer the hon. Member to my answer to a previous question on the same subject on 26th April last, and to the explanations of the general position of the Department in the matter given on 8th March and 25th April, 1906.