Duchess of ATHOLLasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will state the number of children of school age who were being supplied with free meals by education authorities, on the last date for which figures are available; and the number of such children who were of Irish Free State birth or parentage?
Mr. ADAMSONI am obtaining the necessary information to reply to the first2136W part of the question and will forward the details to the Noble Lady as soon as they are available. The information asked for in the second part of the question could be obtained only by a house to house canvass and I do not think that the imposition of this heavy task on education authorities would be justified.