§ Mr. WILLIAM YOUNGasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether there are insuperable difficulties, and, if so, what are they, in the way of obtaining a census of the men in Scottish regiments who desire after the War to be established on small holdings in Scotland?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONThe census suggested by my hon. Friend would be incomplete unless applied to the whole of the Army and Navy, as many Scotsmen are serving in non-Scottish units. It would not be reliable, owing to future casualties and to change of mind on the part of the men. If such a census were permitted it would have to be applied generally, and the claims of other occupations could not be ignored. The project would impose an undue amount of labour on the staffs in the various theatres of war, and I am afraid, therefore, my hon. Friend's suggestion cannot be regarded as practicable.