§ Mr. HARMSWORTHasked the Lord: Advocate if an application has been received by the Scottish Congested Districts Board for a Grant for the improvement of the pier at Dwarwick, Caithness; and, if so, whether he is in a position yet to state what reply the Board have been able to make to the application?
§ Mr. UREIn November of last year the. Congested Districts Board received an application with regard to the subject mentioned, and replied that they would be prepared to consider the proposals of the county council on receipt of plans and estimates. In December they received an intimation that the county council had remitted the matter to their piers committee to prepare plans and estimates, but these have not yet reached the Congested Districts Board.