§ Sir C. Thornton-Kemsleyasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give a list of agricultural holdings, with areas, which have been released in recent years by hospitals and mental hospitals for private cultivation.
§ Mr. MaclayBelow is a list of hospital farms and market gardens which,
Name of Farm and Hospital to which attached Type of Holding (i.e. farm or market garden) Area How disposed of (i.e. by sale or lease or relinquishment of lease) Date of Disposal (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) WESTERN REGION * ‡Bannerbank Farm, near Glasgow Farm 307 acres Lease given up … 1952 *‡Brackenhirst Farm, Coatbridge Farm 641 acres Lease given up … 1953 * Craigend Farm, Lennox Castle Institution, Lennoxtown. (M) Farm 669 acres Leased … 1953 ‡Kilgarth Farm, Coatbridge Farm 80 acres Lease given up … 1957 Hairmyres Farm, Hairmyres Hospital, East Kilbride. Farm 176 acres Leased … 1955 Hawkhead House Farm, Renfrewshire Farm 262 acres Sold … 1958 Mental Hospitals Board of Management, Paisley. (M) 52 acres Leased … 1958 Fernoch Farm, Argyll and Bute Mental Farm 202 acres Sold … 1958 Hospital, Lochgilphead. (M) 34 acres Leased … 1959 * Mains of Balgray Farm, Mearnskirk Hospital, Glasgow. Farm 100 acres Lease given up … 1953 * Robroyston Farm, Robroyston Hospital, Glasgow. Farm 536 acres Leased … 1956 Ballochmyle Hospital Farm 35 acres Sold … 1957 Dubs Memorial Hospital Market Garden 5 acres Sold … 1958 SOUTH-EASTERN REGION Alderston Mains Farm, East Lothian Farm 250 acres Sold … 1958 Mental Hospital, Herdmanflatt. (M) EASTERN REGION †Sunnyside Farm, Montrose Farm 74 acres Lease given up … 1958 Royal Mental Hospital. (M) NORTH-EASTERN REGION House of Daviot, House of Daviot Farm 163 acres Sold … 1959 Hospital, Pitcaple. (M) 52 acres Leased … * Now administered by Glasgow Corporation. † Now administered by Montrose Town Council. ‡ These farms were not attached to any particular hospital but were administered by the Western Regional Hospital Board. (M) Mental Hospitals and Mental Deficiency Institutions.