§ 64. Captain W. T. Shawasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if his attention has been drawn to the Loch Sloy hydro-electric scheme and to the Tummel-Garry and Gairloch schemes; and whether permission has been granted for the raising of the necessary finance for these schemes.
§ Sir J. AndersonThe answer to the first part of the Question is in the affirmative. In reply to the second part, the question of permission does not yet arise.
§ Captain ShawIs it the financial policy of the Government still to give first priority to the war need; and can the Chancellor give an assurance that, until the war is won, no considerable sums will be directed to schemes that cannot help the war effort?
§ Sir J. AndersonI had some difficulty in hearing the question. All I can say is that the application, when this is received in due course, will be considered in relation to other schemes under the instructions issued to the Committee.