§ 7. Lord John Hopeasked the Secretary of State for Air whether he will make a statement with regard to the long-standing claim of Mr. Robert Rennie, Whelp-side, Balerno, for damages sustained through flooding of the claimant's land by water from Kirknewton Aerodrome.
§ Mr. A. HendersonI am glad to be able to state that agreement has now been reached with the owner's agent on the amount to be paid in settlement of this claim.
§ Lord John HopeIs the right hon. and learned Gentleman aware that this has taken a year to do—that there has been a year's delay on the part of his officials, who have not answered letters and not carried out undertakings—and will he see that certain repair work which is part of the Agreement is carried out without delay to avoid further damage?
§ Mr. HendersonI will look into the suggestion in the latter part of the supplementary question with regard to repair work. So far as the first part of the supplementary question is concerned, my information is that the claim was first put into my Department in October of last year.
§ Lord John HopeJune.
§ Mr. HendersonIf there has been any undue delay, I regret it, but I do not think that there has been.