§ MR. WEIRTo ask the Lord Advocate whether the Secretary for Scotland is aware that the Lewis and Harris Fishermen's Association have applied to the Congested Districts Board and Lewis District Committee for aid in the construction of a dry dock at Loch Holm, near Stornoway, Island of Lewis, and that the crews of sixty boats have offered to contribute £6 per boat in aid of the construction, and a further £3 per boat for the subsequent maintenance of the dock. And will arrangements be made for the Board's engineer to visit the site for the proposed dock.
(Answered by Mr. A. Graham Murray.) The Congested Districts Board have not received any applications as to this work from the statutory authority under the Act regulating such grants, i. e., the County Council; but the petition from the Lewis and Harris Fishermen's Association, to which the hon. Member alludes, reached them on 22nd November, and the petitioners were informed of the proper procedure to follow on 26th November.