HC Deb 10 May 1939 vol 347 cc479-80
70. Mr. Malcolm MacMillan

asked the Minister of Transport whether he has had any recent request from the county council of Inverness-shire for assistance to complete the Strond road; and whether, in view of severe unemployment locally and the desirability of continuing the road to link up the other communities with the main road, he proposes to take any action?

Captain Wallace

I have received no such request from the Inverness-shire County Council, and the position remains as stated in the replies given to the hon. Member's questions of 15th February and 7th December last.

Mr. MacMillan

Will the right hon. and gallant Gentleman, when implementing the promise of his predecessor to visit the Western Isles this summer and examine personally the second-class and unclassified roads, undertake to cover the distance of the proposed road at Strond in bare feet and come back in a white sheet and confess the injustice of the refusal of this road?

Captain Wallace

No, I think my feet are probably more tender than my predecessor's.