HC Deb 10 February 1908 vol 183 cc1379-80
MR. J. D. WHITE (Dumbartonshire)

To ask the Secretary to the Admiralty what are the areas of the land and foreshore, respectively, of the property bordering on Loch Long recently purchased by the Admiralty in connection with the Loch Long torpedo range; when and from whom that property was purchased; what was the price paid; and whether the purchase was effected under compulsory powers.

(Answered by Mr. Edmund Robertson.) The area of land is 4.17 acres. All foreshore rights that the owner possessed in the foreshore fronting the land are being acquired; but the area is not defined. The land has not been purchased, but is being taken on a feu from Sir Alan Colquhoun. The feu charter is not yet completed, and the annual feu duty is £12 per acre. Compulsory powers were not exercised.

MR. J. D. WHITE

To ask the Secretary to the Admiralty, what are the areas of land and foreshore, respectively, of the property near Greenock, recently purchased by the Admiralty for purposes in connection with the Loch Long torpedo range; when and from whom that property was purchased: what was the price paid; and whether the purchase was effected under compulsory powers.

(Answered by Mr. Edmund Robertson). The area acquired is 10 acres of land, 4¾ acres of foreshore. This property is being purchased from Sir M. H. Shaw Stewart, Baronet. The purchase has not yet been formally completed, but the Admiralty are in possession of the property. The price to be paid is £27,225: the Admiralty will also pay costs. A "notice to treat," under the Defence Act, was served with a view to compulsory purchase, but the price was subsequently settled by agreement.