HC Deb 10 July 1956 vol 556 cc173-4
15. Miss Herbison

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland when Lanark County Council will be given loan sanction approval to its scheme for a garage for the scavenging district of Shotts.

Mr. J. Stuart

I propose to reconsider the county council's application for loan sanction in September in the light of the restrictions on local government expenditure.

Miss Herbison

Surely the Minister should reconsider this matter before September. Is he not aware that it is not only in that district but in many places in Lanarkshire that the men doing this most important and useful job feel that they ought to have better facilities and, indeed, that they have none at the present time?

Mr. Stuart

I am not denying the desirability of the project at all. I am merely suggesting that it is not immediately essential. At the county council's request, a meeting is being held this month to discuss the question of garage accommodation in the county generally.

Miss Herbison

Would the Minister not consider putting some restrictions on building by private people because, wherever we look, public building is being restricted by the Government and all sorts of other building is going on?

Mr. Stuart

I am afraid that I cannot add, in answer to a question, to what I have said about it.