§ Mr. Maclennanasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what amount of public money has been granted or loaned by the Highlands and Islands Development Board for the establishment of a foxhound pack, and for what social or economic purposes.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellThe Board has agreed to make a grant of up to £3,000 to the newly formed Lochaber and Sunart Farmers Fox (Control) Club for a three-year experiment in control by shooting supported by a pack of foxhounds. Control is economically necessary in this sheep farming area where the gin trap,
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Number of Pupils Taking Midday Meals Education Authority May, 1971 January, 1971 Paid Free Total Paid Free Total BURGHS Aberdeen … 3,211 2,287 5,498 4,420 2,007 6,427 Dundee … 5,677 4,492 10,169 8,100 3,940 12,040 Edinburgh … 12,488 10,309 22,797 17,548 9,225 26,773 Glasgow … 16,357 29,221 45,578 27,652 25,564 53,216 COUNTIES Aberdeen … 8,074 1,954 10,028 10,372 1,448 11,820 Angus … 3,245 1,398 4,643 4,473 1,089 5,562 Argyll … 3,433 713 4,146 4,062 608 4,670 Ayr … 15,482 7,761 23,243 21,421 6,104 27,525 Banff … 2,136 1,183 3,319 2,652 871 3,523 Berwick … 1,043 422 1,465 1,408 382 1,790 Bute … 528 214 742 736 173 909 Caithness … 1,028 767 1,795 1,421 627 2,048 Clackmannan … 1,410 1,028 2,438 2,313 873 3,186 Dumfries … 3,888 2,439 6,327 5,369 2,136 7,505 Dunbarton … 9,866 4,911 14,777 14,482 3,219 17,701 East Lothian … 2,286 936 3,222 2,924 746 3,670 Fife … 13,255 7,341 20,596 18,163 5,955 24,118 Inverness … 4,107 2,343 6,450 5,237 2,096 7,333 Kincardine … 1,753 514 2,267 2,220 342 2,562 Kirkcudbright … 2,157 481 2,638 2,766 371 3,137 Lanark … 21,004 15,714 36,718 33,934 10,997 44,931 Midlothian … 5,426 2,035 7,461 8,098 1,475 9,573 Moray and Nairn … 2,873 1,001 3,874 3,755 793 4,548 Orkney … 998 486 1,484 1,314 415 1,729 Peebles … 546 168 714 724 114 838 Perth and Kinross … 6,545 1,598 8,143 8,702 1,322 10,024 Renfrew … 15,347 8,241 23,588 22,785 6,442 29,227 Ross and Cromarty 3,319 2,542 5,861 4,272 1,972 6,244 Roxburgh … 1,839 589 2,428 2,198 486 2,684 Selkirk … 684 265 949 895 209 1,104 Stirling … 5,708 3,397 9,105 8,913 2,486 11,399 Sutherland … 1,166 400 1,566 1,481 284 1,765 West Lothian … 3,388 1,743 5,131 5,198 1,373 6,571 Wigtown … 1,842 1,212 3,054 2,507 1,105 3,612 Zetland … 1,447 392 1,839 1,572 242 1,814 Total (Scotland) … 183,556 120,497 304,053 264,087 97,491 361,578 now being abolished, accounted for 400 foxes each year.