asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether his attention has been drawn to the decision of the Edinburgh Town Council to prohibit in Edinburgh the march of the Scottish unemployed who desire to send a deputation to his Department; and whether, in view of the orderly conduct of such marches in the past, he will make representations to the Edinburgh Council requesting them to conform to the attitude of every other British city in similar circumstances?

I am informed that the town council decided on 26th October last to allow the proposed march.