Mr. MACLEANasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if any of the smallholders on the Glencruitten estate, Oban, has had his rent increased and the size of his holding reduced; and, if so, what are the reasons for this proceeding?
Mr. W. ADAMSONBy the courtesy of the Land Court, I am informed that in the exercise of their powers they recently increased the fair rent of a holding on the estate referred to from £50 to £59. The size of the holding had, I am informed, been slightly reduced by agreement between the landlord and the tenant, but the tenant had sub-let about one-fourth of his holding at a rent of £50 per annum.
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Mr. MACLEANasked the Secretary of State for Scotland the conditions of let imposed by the Board of agriculture of Scotland upon smallholders on the Glencruitten Estate, Oban?
Mr. ADAMSONThe tenants of the holdings constituted by the Board in 1914 on the Glencruitten Estate occupy their holdings under the Small Landholders Acts subject to conditions of let which were approved by the Land Court, I cannot detail the conditions in a Parliamentary answer, but I can let the hon. Member see a copy of the document if he so wishes.