Mr. LEICESTER HARMSWORTHasked the Secretary for Scotland if he has any information in his possession as to rentals of small holdings in Scotland being arranged recently by private arbitration rather than by recourse to the Land Court; and, if so, what percentage of reduction has been made by the arbiter?
Mr. McKINNON WOODIt is believed to be correct that after the Land Court have visited a district and fixed fair rents or equitable rents, as the case might be, landlords and tenants have referred the revision of other rents to arbitration on the lines laid down by the Small Landholders Act, but I have no official information as to the reductions made.