§ Sir M. Barclay-Harveyasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is yet in a position to make any statement in supplement of the reference in the Gracious Speech to forthcoming legislation on the subject of rural housing in Scotland?
§ Mr. ElliotI hope to introduce at a very early date legislation carrying out the recommendations of the Scottish Housing Advisory Committee with regard to the provision of Exchequer assistance towards the erection by county councils of new houses for the agricultural population and the replacement of defective houses on farms and smallholdings. I am in consultation with my light hon. Friend, the Minister of Health, regarding the recommendations of the Committee relating to the Housing (Rural Workers) Acts.