§ Sir R. HAMILTONasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is aware that the only access to the land on which smallholders have recently been settled by the Board of Agriculture at Skaw, Uist, is by a track up a cliff face which is impracticable for carts; and whether it is intended that the Board's scheme should be left in this incomplete fashion?
§ Sir J. GILMOURI am informed that the means of access to the settlement at Skaw are as they were when the farm was held on ordinary tenancy. There are only three resident holders under the scheme, two of whom had, prior to settlement, resided for many years on the farm as sub-tenants. No provision was made in the scheme of the Board of Agriculture for Scotland for the construction of a new road to the settlement., and the holders were aware of this when they accepted the holdings.