§ Mr. SCANLANasked the Lord Advocate if his attention has been directed to the want of proper housing accommodation for the workmen engaged at Rosyth and their families; whether he is aware of the fact that most of the land available for building purposes in the immediate neighbourhood of the works has been bought by a syndicate called the Rosyth Building Company, the directors of which include leading officials in the employment of Messrs. Easton, Gibb, and Company, the Government contractors; whether the building company are also the owners of a model lodging-house; whether they are endeavouring to restrict the dwelling-house accommodation in order to secure patronage for the lodging-house; and whether the Local Government Board will fully investigate the conditions under which these workmen are forced to live, and lay a Report upon the Table?
§ Mr. UREMy attention has been directed to the question of housing accommodation in the neighbourhood of Rosyth, and, as I informed the hon. Member for the Stirling Burghs on 2nd May, the Local Government Board for Scotland are conducting an inquiry into the whole question.