asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many persons who are tenants of existing houses belonging to Glasgow Corporation or persons needing accommodation for reasons of ill health, or persons on the Corporation's waiting lists who, in accordance with the customary procedure of the Corporation would be offered Corporation houses within the next year, have made application to purchase houses at Merrylea.

I am told that by 4th April applications had been received from 24 persons in the first group, 104 in the second and seven in the third.