§ Sir A. SINCLAIRasked the Secretary of State for Scotland in what parishes of the county of Sutherland agricultural surveys have recently been conducted?
Mr. W. ADAMSONAll occupiers of agricultural land in districts selected for surveys were given an assurance that any information supplied by them to the inspectors of the Department of Agriculture for Scotland who undertook the surveys would be regarded as strictly confidential. It would be difficult to ensure the observance of this undertaking if the names of the parishes surveyel were made public, and they are not disclosed in the summaries of the information obtained from the surveys which are being published in the Scottish Journal of Agriculture.