§ 122. Major McCallumasked the Secretary of State for Air if he will make immediate inquiries into the delay in derequisitioning the West Highland slipway shipyard on Kerrera Island, Oban, which has been lying unoccupied by the R.A.F. for the last 15 months; and if, in view of the urgent need of the West Highland Slipway Company for the use of their yard, he will give instructions for it to be derequisitioned without further delay, thereby preventing several more local shipyard workers being added to the growing list of unemployed in Oban.
§ Mr. de FreitasWe are ready to derequisition as soon as the owners make a reasonable offer for the improvements we have made to their property. We have recently communicated with their agents and await a reply. There will be no avoidable delay in dealing with this case.