§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will provide extra financial support to local authorities to help with the costs of upgrading rural roads and bridges to allow the extraction of timber.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonIt is for the local authorities to identify their needs in the production of their transport policies and programmes statements and to determine the priority to be given to forestry road schemes. I take full account of such work in determining capital allocations, but I have not been persuaded of the case for extra support.