§ Mr. D. GRAHAMasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he can give any estimate of the average proportion of income spent in house rent in the areas which have been or are being the subject of slum-clearance schemes in Hamilton?
Mr. W. ADAMSONI am informed by the Town Clerk of Hamilton that, as a result of a local investigation in April last, it was estimated that the average1882W proportion of income spent on rent (including occupiers' rates) was 11.5 per cent. in respect of the particular shun area investigated which comprised over 400 houses.