Former MP for Dumfriesshire
48. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware that census enumerators in Scotland who had been previously unemployed have, in addition to the loss of three days' insurance benefit, to wait eight or 10 weeks for the receipt of the fixed fee of £2; and will he take what steps he can to remedy this grievance?
Can the hon. Gentleman give me any idea of the rate of the expedition?
May I ask the Prime Minister if he can now state what business will be taken in Committee of Supply on Wednesday, the 3rd June?
52. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he proposes to take any steps during the present summer to protect valuable agricultural land in the lower reaches of the Nith valley from further destruction by flooding?
Can the hon. Gentleman say that there will be no unavoidable delay in dealing with this matter, as seven individuals have suffered great personal loss within recent years by flooding in this area?
56. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware that there is dissatisfaction among the inhabitants of Eastriggs, in Dumfriesshire, in connection with the valuation of the area; and if he will take steps to enable a new valuation to be made?
Is the hon. Gentleman aware that the circumstances are very special in this case; that Eastriggs is the centre of what was recently the great Gretna munition area; that on account of the intensive development of industrialism in that area values were swiftly and artificially raised; and now that it has become a purely agricultural area, does not the right hon. Gentleman think that the values...
Will the hon. Gentleman ask his right hon. Friend to give his classic sympathetic consideration?
