Major Lloydasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if the representative of the Scottish Department of Agriculture, who attended a recent conference of the Scottish Reconstruction Committee, committed the Department in any way to assist the establishment of a crofters' cooperative society in Skye under the aegis of the S.C.W.S.
Mr. JohnstonNo, Sir. The officer of the Department who was present at the meeting referred to was not authorised to commit the Department of Agriculture in any way, nor did he do so.