§ 74. Mr. R. Gibsonasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will consider, in conjunction with the Mines Department and the Ministry of Transport, the desirability and the feasibility of laying down a gas grid between Glasgow and Edinburgh, with extensions along the Clyde Valley, and to Ayr and Stirling, respectively; what would be the probable cost of such an enterprise and its probable advantages in normal times and in times of emergency, respectively; and Whether he has any statement to make on the subject?
§ The President of the Board of Trade (Mr. Oliver Stanley)The Departmental Committee on Gas Supplies in the West of Scotland examined thoroughly the question of the distribution of gas produced in the West of Scotland in their report published in 1936, and came to the conclusion that a grid scheme over a wide area was not economically practicable. I see no necessity for a further investigation, but any proposals that the interests concerned wish to make will, of course, receive consideration.