§ 57. Mr. Bruce-Gardyneasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will require the Registrar General for Scotland to institute a six-monthly report on emigration from Scotland.
§ Mr. RossThere is not at present sufficient material available to justify special reports, but I have arranged for the Registrar General to publish some additional statistical information about migration in his Quarterly Returns for the second and fourth quarters of each year. This April, for instance, he will publish information on migration during the first six months of 1966, and in October similar information for the second six months.
§ Mr. Bruce-Gardyneasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will institute a comprehensive investigation into the causes of emigration from Scotland, with particular reference to emigration overseas.
§ Mr. RossNo. The most important causes are undoubtedly economic and we are concentrating our efforts on the practical task of economic improvement.