Mr Thomas Ramsay: I was rather surprised at the trend and the tone of the right hon. Baronet's speech. We are always proud in Scotland to have bursaries which have been given for certain localities and to certain names by people who have been very fond of the district in which they were born, and who made up their minds that their names should be perpetuated in that noble way. Yet the right hon. Baronet tells...
Mr Thomas Ramsay: Are these bursaries, as in the past, to be awarded on the results of examinations set by the Department of Education?
Mr Thomas Ramsay: Is not the examination of the Department of Education competitive?
Mr Thomas Ramsay: 42. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if the post of secretary to the Department of Agriculture is about to become vacant; if he will see that the position is filled by the appointment of a Scotsman who has a knowledge of Highland problems and land settlement needs and methods; and, if not already conversant with the problem of roadless islands and footpath areas in the Outer...
Mr Thomas Ramsay: 39 and 42. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) whether, in view of the increase of illegal trawling, he will arrange for fast naval boats to be sent to the waters of the Western Isles and the West Coast of Scotland to protect the livelihood of the inshore fishermen, or whether he will arrange for the commission of suitable fast mercantile or other boats to police the, said waters;...
Mr Thomas Ramsay: 40. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware that Broad Bay, Isle of Lewis, is one of the best breeding grounds for white fish in the United Kingdom; that vessels which enter it ostensibly for shelter frequently participate in illegal trawling on the way out; whether he is aware that on and from the 28th November vessels have almost nightly been trawling in the bay without...
Mr Thomas Ramsay: Is my hon. Friend aware that one of the reasons which actuated the late Socialist Government in evacuating the island of St. Kilda was the heavy cost of removing patients to the mainland; and is he also aware that the representations which have been made to the Scottish Office by the local people through their own representative, the Member for the Western Isles (Mr. T. Ramsay), has always...
Mr Thomas Ramsay: 12. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will endeavour to get the appropriate bodies concerned to make increased provision for roads and motor ambulance vehicles as a means of dealing with medical and surgical cases in the Outer Hebrides in all weathers and at all times; and will he also consider the desirability of approaching the proper authority for the provision of a small...
Mr Thomas Ramsay: Will the hon. Gentleman see, that in all matters affecting the medical and surgical services of the Western Isles, due regard will always be paid to the views of the local medical officers and of the boards of management of the various hospitals in the Isles, who have had practical experience of such cases in the past; and will he also consider the views of the local district councils who...
Mr Thomas Ramsay: 23. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if the Government have any policy to assist by way of grants or loans those fishermen of the Outer Hebrides who served in the Navy and as mine-sweepers during the great War, and returned home to find that their boats in the interval had either been lost or rendered useless?
Mr Thomas Ramsay: Does the right hon. Gentleman not refer to naval gratuities to which the men were entitled by reason of service like all other naval men, and the housing schemes for fishermen in certain areas, rather than to the sacrifices which the men had actually made in the loss of their boats?
Mr Thomas Ramsay: 6. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the date of acquisition and the total cost involved in the purchase and development of the estate of Luskentyre, Harris, for land settlement; and how many persons have now obtained economic holdings, and the total head of cattle and the ewe stock of sheep now found thereon?
Mr Thomas Ramsay: Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that on the 12th November, 1929, the then Secretary of State for Scotland said in this House that, after clearance and development, Luskentyre would be capable in a few years' time of carrying 80 cattle and a ewe stock of 500 sheep; and that on the 22nd May, 1930, the then Under-Secretary of State for Scotland said that the estate would provide economic...
Mr Thomas Ramsay: 7. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland, with regard to the negotiations for the purchase of the estate of Borve, Harris, for land settlement, how it is proposed to deal with the crofters on the east side of South Harris who graze practically the whole of their sheep stock all the year round on Borve deer forest and the small home farm; how many persons could obtain economic holdings and...
Mr Thomas Ramsay: Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that applications of the people of Scalpay, Strond and Borrisdale, Collam, Cluer and Stockinish, Marig and Eileananabuich, for the construction of roads suitable for vehicular traffic have been turned down on the ground of shortage of money'? And seeing that the negotiations for the purchase of Borve show the presence of money now available for Harris, would...
Mr Thomas Ramsay: 8. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will communicate with the Ministry of Transport, the county council of Ross and Cromarty, and the Department of Agriculture for Scotland, with the object of constructing the uncompleted Ness-Tolsta road in Lewis, either in one effort or by annual instalments, so as to take advantage of the large tract of land there available for the...
Mr Thomas Ramsay: Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that in the Ness district there is a congested population of 4,000 people; is he further aware that there are as many squatters in Lewis desirous of holdings; and will he not yet consider the construction of the Ness-Tolsta, road to get holdings for these people, who would then have property of rateable value? Would it not be much better to do this than to...
Mr Thomas Ramsay: Could it not be done by instalments?
Mr Thomas Ramsay: 37. asked the Minister of Health the amounts of the general Exchequer grants paid to the local authorities of Jarrow Borough, Hebburn Urban District, and Felling-on-Tyne Urban District, in respect of the years 1932–33, and 1933–34; and the rate in the pound to which such amounts are equivalent?
Mr Thomas Ramsay: 34. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he has any in formation regarding the raiding of the island of St. Kilda by a foreign trawler; and whether any looting of, and damage to, property has taken place?
