§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland why ports on the East Coast of Scotland such as Dundee were excluded from the Ports (Financial Assistance) Bill.
§ Mr. FowlerI have been asked to reply.
The Ports (Financial Assistance) Bill provides for assistance only to the Port of London Authority and the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company because no other ports in Great Britain have problems of a similar scale and nature.