Lieut.-Commander Hutchisonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether, in view of the disparity of the number of electors as between municipal wards in the same city or burgh, it is the intention of the Government to introduce legislation to readjust municipal ward boundaries in Scotland.
Mr. FraserIt is already provided in Section 19 of the Town Councils (Scotland) Act, 1900, and Section 36 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1929, that on the representation of the town council of a burgh the ward boundaries may be altered, in the case of a small burgh by the Sheriff and in the case of a large burgh by the Secretary of State.