§ Mr. Timmonsasked the Secretary of State for Scotland the rateable value of Lanarkshire County Council in 1938 as compared with 1955–56; and what is the gross annual value of industry over the 155W same period in the area of the Lanarkshire County Council.
§ Mr. MaclayThe total gross annual and rateable valuation of the landward area of the County of Lanark for the years in question, and the corresponding figures for industrial and freight transport subjects, were as follows:
1938–39 1955–56 £ £ Total—all subjects Gross annual value 2,506,388 3,791,301 Rateable value 1,795,395 2,685,818 Industrial and freight transport subjects Gross annual value 429,094 897,148 Rateable value 94,552 196,504