Mr. W. WATSON:

I desire to support the proposal of the Secretary of State for Scotland on this occasion. When this question was before the House I drew attention to the very considerable hardship which would be imposed upon certain burghs if they had burgh surveyors who were not also sanitary inspectors. On that occasion I think we convinced the Government that it was necessary to allow the smaller burghs to retain their sanitary inspectors, and we wanted to make sure that the men who held the posts of sanitary inspectors should be men who were fully qualified for the job. The Government brought in an Amendment to that effect, and I think it is a wise thing that small burghs should be allowed to retain their sanitary inspectors.