HC Deb 26 January 1954 vol 522 cc1599-600
38. Mr. Hoy

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what sites are available in Edinburgh and Leith for industrial development.

Commander Galbraith

There are 16 acres of land at Sighthill and 17 acres at Granton available for industrial development. The Corporation of Edinburgh's development plan, which is at present before my right hon. Friend proposes the provision during the next 20 years of 354.5 acres of new industrial sites, of which 37.5 acres would be in Leith and Seafield districts. The plan also proposes, in the same period, the clearance for industrial use of about 69 acres at present mostly occupied by obsolete or obsolescent buildings, of which 18.2 acres are in Leith.

Mr. Hoy

In view of these figures and the high level of unemployment in Scotland generally, can the right hon. and gallant Gentleman say what steps his Department are taking to bring these sites to the notice of industrialists?

Commander Galbraith

Perhaps the hon. Member will be good enough to put down a Question to that effect.