HC Deb 22 March 1906 vol 154 c634
MR. WEIR

I beg to ask the Secretary for Scotland if, in view of the fact that the Lewis District Committee are unable to comply with the Treasury conditions for the construction of a light railway between Carloway and Stornoway, and on the 14th instant passed a Resolution urging that the Carloway new road should be completed and rendered available for a motor car service, he will state the approximate cost of completing this road; and whether the Government propose to put the work in hand at an early date.

THE SECRETARY FOR SCOTLAND (Mr. SINCLAIR,) Forfarshire

I have received a copy of the Resolution referred to. The cost of completing the road was stated in 1902 to be not less than £10,000, but this sum might be quite insufficient if the road were to be rendered available for a service of motor waggons. There are no funds now available for the purpose.