§ 112. Colonel Gomme-Duncanasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the original estimated cost of the Loch Sloy, Loch Morar and Lochalsh hydro-electric projects; what, to date, is the actual expenditure; and what is the latest estimate for the completion of these projects.
Mr. McNeilThe estimated cost in 1944 of the three projects mentioned was £4,600,000. I am informed that the expenditure on these projects to the end of May, 1951, was £9,043,000 and that the latest estimated cost for their completion —excluding those parts of the small Morar and Lochalsh scheme which have been postponed—is £9,235,000.