§ MR. J. G. WEIR (Ross and Cromarty)I beg to ask the President of the Board of the Trade if he can state whether the Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses are taking any steps to obtain the statutory sanction of Trintity House for the erection of a lighthouse on Tiumpan Head, so that this much-needed work 473 may be included in next year's Estimates.
§ MR. BRYCENo Sir, I cannot. Proposals for new lighthhouses in Scotland do not come before me until the Trinity House have considered and decided on applications made by the Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses. I refer the hon. Member to my reply to him on the 19th instant.
§ MR. J. G. WEIRI beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether the lighthouse authorities have arrived at a decision since the 21st February last as to what works will be commenced this year, and whether, seeing that the proposed lighthouse on Flannen Islands was approved several years since, and that in consequence of the dangerous character of the coast in that part workmen can only be employed for a short time during the summer, steps will be taken to start operations as soon as the fine weather sets in?
§ MR. BRYCEsaid: The Estimates of the three General Lighthouse Authorities are still under my consideration. I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on the 21st of last month, as to the impossibility of undertaking this year all the new works which have in principle been approved. I then told him that the proposed Lighthouse on the Flannen Islands was one of those approved in principle.