HC Deb 12 November 1902 vol 114 cc749-50
MR. WEIR

I beg to ask the Lord Advocate, seeing that the Western District Committee for the county of Ross and Cromarty report that a road and bridge at Applecross are urgently necessary, will he state on what ground the Congested Districts Board have declined to provide a grant in aid of the work.

MR. A. GRAHAM MURRAY

On the ground that the local authorities have more than once altered, and have so much enlarged their plans in comparison with the original proposal placed before the Congested Districts Board, and that the † See page 594. Board are not satisfied that the public benefit to be gained would be commensurate with the expenditure now suggested.