§ Major GLYNasked the Secretary for Scotland whether, seeing that the rate limit is abolished in England and Wales by The Public Libraries Act, 1919, allowing local authorities to levy rates for their public libraries in accordance with their requirements in like manner as the rate for other branches of municipal service, similar steps will be taken in Scotland, in view of the inadequacy of the 1d. in the £ rate fixed as the statutory limitation?
§ Mr. MUNROAs stated in my reply to the hon. Member for Central Edinburgh (Mr. W. Graham) on the 16th February, I am awaiting the observations of the local authorities concerned in this matter before considering legislation.