HC Deb 14 February 1962 vol 653 cc1292-3
21. Dr. Dickson Mabon

asked the Minister of Transport how much money has been spent on preliminary work concerned with the proposed electrification of the Glasgow-Gourock railway, under the capital development scheme.

Mr. Marples

I am informed by the British Transport Commission that some £12,000 has been spent on preliminary survey work in connection with a proposed scheme to electrify the line from Glasgow to Gourock and Wemyss Bay.

Dr. Mabon

In view of the expenditure of this money, can we expect a favourable decision by the end of the year?

Mr. Marples

The survey has been carried out on the well-known Army maxim, "Time spent on reconnaissance is seldom wasted."

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