§ MR. WEIRTo ask the Lord Advocate whether the Secretary for Scotland is aware that the Post Office now conveys the mails between Liverpool and Manchester by motor car; and, having regard to the difficulty experienced in securing the construction of light railways in the Highland crofting counties, will he have some inquiry made respecting weight-carrying motor cars with a view to the placing of a motor car on the road between 1340 Carloway and Stornoway, and between Ullapool and Garve, for the purpose of assisting the fishing and other industries, as authorised under Section 4, sub-section (e), of The Congested Districts (Scotland) Act, 1897.
(Answer.) I must refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to him on the 20th March last, to the effect that the Congested Districts Board are not at present prepared to subsidise such schemes.—(Scottish Office.)