§ Mr. Parkerasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he can give the number of warrants for distress on account of arrears of rent issued in Scotland in each of the years 1919 to 1937; how many in each year were executed and the total amount of arrears of rent involved in each year in the warrants issued and executed, respectively; and the number of homes the whole or part of which were sold under such warrants and the amount of the proceeds of such sales in each year?
§ Mr. ColvilleEvery decree for debt given in the Ordinary Court and Small Debt Court contains warrant to arrest, poind and sell. Statistics of the total numbers of poindings are not available,1536W and the records in the Court Books of decrees for debt and of poindings (so far as available) and sales resulting from poindings cover all cases—not only those in which the debt consisted of arrears of rent. I regret, therefore, that it is not practicable to extract from the records particulars of the nature asked for in the question.