Our attention has been directed to foreign affairs so much of late that it is pleasant that this afternoon we can give some attention to Scottish affairs. I was very interested in what the Secretary of State said about the increase in the population and particularly about the number of Englishmen who are going north of the Border. I hope that more English Members will make use of the educational facilities afforded by a journey across the Border; we could do with more of them. In one respect I was disappointed with the speech of the Secretary of State. He said very little about the housing conditions in rural Scotland. He spoke for about 54 minutes, and devoted only four seconds to the housing conditions of rural Scotland, which, I think, are very bad indeed. In 1937 we passed an Act called the Agricultural Population (Scotland) Act, but I seem to notice that in the Estimates for 1939 we have only expended about £160. I know that the Act has only just started to operate, but I should like to know from the Under-Secretary of State when he replies whether the Act has, in fact, been stillborn. We have been told that since the War one in four of the working-class houses in Scotland has been renewed. I should like to know what proportion of the houses in rural areas has been renewed. It is a fact that the speeding up of building in rural areas has been very much slower than in the urban areas, and I think that something should be done to improve conditions in the rural areas.