Former MP for Dumfriesshire
93 and 94. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury (1) whether, for the purpose of selling the Gretna factory and townships en bloc, he has caused an independent valuation of the subjects for sale to be made by any private and neutral firm of valuers, or whether the Treasury is guided in this matter solely by the valuation arrived at by the Disposal Commission's officials; (2) whether...
Have not certain persons who have made offers asked for an independent valuation in order to reconsider their offers?
66. asked the Secretary for Scotland the number of cases in which the Scottish Board of Agriculture has retained or is retaining the corn subsidy, now payable to small holders and ex-service men in Scotland, on the grounds that sums of various kinds are due to the Board by the smallholders concerned?
52. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the profits made by the Central Control Board (Liquor Traffic) during the period 1st April, 1918, to 31st March, 1921, have paid interest on the capital provided by the Treasury, and also Excess Profits Duty and Income Tax; whether such payments will be made for the current financial year; and whether it is intended to acquire...
90. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether it has now been arranged that Government officials drawing salaries of lees than£1,000 a year should be allowed only third-class travelling fares unless the greater part of the journey is undertaken between the hours of 10 p.m. and 10 a.m.; and, if not, whether he will introduce this economy?
48. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he intends to give a decision shortly as regards the contributions in lieu of rates in respect of Government property at Gretna, which have been claimed by local authorities in Dumfriesshire; and whether he is aware that delay in this matter is retarding the sale of the Gretna property and factory?
10. asked the Minister of Labour whether certain railway companies in England and Scotland have so far declined to apply for certificates of exception from the provisions of the Unemployment Insurance Acts; whether, as a result, permanent railway servants of certain grades employed by such companies are, on discharge, disqualified from receiving benefit either from the Unemployment Insurance...
73. asked the Secretary for Scotland whether he is aware that the unemployed in Scotland tend to remove to the cities and country towns, and whether, in connection with the proposals under consideration for special assistance to those undertaking land drainage and reclamation, he can by any means remove the difficulties obstructing burgh councils from reclaiming land out-with their boundaries...
