15. Mr. McKieasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make any statement regarding the resolution for- warded to him by the town council of Gatehouse-of-Fleet to have the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright scheduled as a development area under the Distribution of Industry Act, 1945.
§ Mr. WestwoodI have given careful consideration, in consultation with my right hon. Friend the President of the Board of Trade, to the resolution passed by the Town Council of Gatehouse-of-Fleet, but the circumstances of the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright are not, in our opinion, such as to justify its inclusion in the Scottish development area.
Mr. McKieI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his very unsatisfactory reply. May I ask him if he will reconsider this matter, because not only 160 Gatehouse-of-Fleet and the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, but the adjacent County of Wick—the whole of this delectable province is, in the opinion of many people, eminently suitable for a development area?
§ Mr. WestwoodIf any change in circumstances should arise, both the President of the Board of Trade and myself are always willing to reconsider a question.