§ Mr. Emrys Hughesasked the Minister of Transport why in the month of January, during a severe storm, Ayrshire fishermen were refused permission by the Superintendent of the Canal at Inverness to anchor in the Caledonian Canal.
§ Mr. BarnesThe fishermen in question asked for permission to lay up their boats in the Corpach Basin while they went home on leave. This was refused as this basin is small and only sufficient for the accommodation of boats waiting to pass through the locks. The only facilities in the Canal available for the laying up of boats is in the Muirtown Basin (at the other end of the Canal). These facilities were offered to the fishermen but were refused.