§ MR. WILLIAM WHITELAW (Perth)I beg to ask the Secretary for Scotland whether, in view of the fact that the Garve and Ullapool Railway Scheme is the only scheme at present suggested for the development of the fishing industry on the North-West Coast of Scotland, the Scotch Office will ask the Treasury for such an annual grant as is necessary for the making and working of that line?
§ Dr. MACGREGOR (Inverness-shire)Before the right hon. Gentleman answers, may I ask whether he is aware that this is not the only scheme intended to develop the fisheries of the North-West Coast of Scotland, but that, on the contrary, a new line has been projected from Banavie to Mallaig by the West High- 771 land Railway Company, the First Reading of which has been actually taken in this House?
§ *THE SECRETARY FOR SCOTLAND (Sir G. TREVELYAN,) Glasgow, BridgetonI am aware that this is not the only line, though it is possible the hon. Member had in his mind that other lines were not in the North-West. In reply to the question on the Paper, it is not correct to state that the Garve and Ullapool Railway Scheme is the only scheme suggested for the development of the fishing industry on the North-West of Scotland. It is one of four. I am not at present prepared to ask the Treasury for an annual grant for the Garve and Ullapool Railway.