§ Mr. Malcolm MacPhersonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will introduce legislation to enable the payments of grant, other than under the Rural Water Supplies and Sewage Act, 1944, or the Housing and Town Development (Scotland) Act, 1957, to local authorities constructing or improving sewage disposal works to the standards required by the river purification boards, such payments to be in respect of that proportion of the expenditure which is necessary to meet these standards instead of existing standards; and whether he will provide in such legislation that local authorities which now proceed with such construction or improvement will benefit.
§ Mr. MaclayCompliance with standards set by river purification authorities must be regarded as part of the normal responsibility of sewerage
Subject Number of hours of instruction in junior secondary courses Number of hours of instruction in senior secondary courses Normal courses Modified courses for girls and for boys of limited ability Classes SI and SII Classes SIII-SVI Mathematics … 4½ hours 2½–3 hours 4 hours 4½ hours Science … 3 hours 2½ hours 2½ hours 4½–5 hours Most pupils in grant-aided schools follow senior secondary courses, and the time normally allocated to mathematics
6Wthe financial years 1959–60 and 1960–61 is as set out in the table below. The schemes to be authorised in 1961–62 are under review and I hope to be able to communicate them shortly to the local authorities concerned.
authorities, and I see no case for any special financial help from the Exchequer beyond what is already available, including Exchequer equalisation grant.