§ 67 and 69. Mr. N. McLeanasked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) whether he will consider convening a meeting of representatives of the local authorities in the north to study the problem of squatters in towns and villages and to formulate a common policy to provide accommodation for them and so avoid the hardship and suffering caused to these people by periodic evictions as recently happened in Inverness at the Milburn Crossing and Bunchrew;
(2) what information he has received from local authorities about their proposals for provision of suitable houses for tinkers in the Highlands.
§ Mr. J. N. BrowneInverness Town Council has suggested that a meeting of representatives of the local authorities in the north who are affected by this problem should be convened with the object which my hon. Friend has in mind. To enable my right hon. Friend to consider whether such a meeting would be profitable, he is making inquiries about the location and extent of the problem and the steps which have so far been taken to deal with it.