§ Mr. W. WATSONasked the Minister of Transport, if his Department has had submitted for consideration a proposal to construct a road bridge across the. Forth at Queensferry; if his Department is satisfied that all engineering difficulties can he surmounted and if he is prepared to consider such a scheme for the relief of unemployment in the iron and steel industries, as well as in ordinary unskilled labour?
§ Mr. GOSLINGA proposal for the construction of a road bridge across the Forth at Queensferry has been discussed informally with officers of my Department, and will be further investigated. The engineering problems connected with such a scheme have not yet been examined.