§ Mr. Malcolm MacMillanasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the number of occupied crofts and vacant crofts in each island of the Outer Hebrides in 1939, 1951, 1961, and 1963, respectively.
§ Mr. NobleThe register of crofts kept by the Crofters Commission which was constituted under the Crofters (Scotland) Act, 1955, does not contain information regarding croft tenancies in years prior to 1955. According to the Register the numbers of crofts tenanted and vacant in the islands of the Outer Hebrides at the end of 1961 and 1963 were as follows:
—— 1961 1963 Let Unlet Let Unlet Barra 448 — 445 2 Harris 555 — 553 2 North Uist 477 1 476 3 South Uist 935 1 933 — Lewis 3,604 3 3,598 2