§ Major GLYNasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether the advisability of the construction of a deep-water ship canal between Forth and Clyde, either direct or viâ Loch Lomond, has been considered; and whether, if such a scheme is shown 630W to have economic advantages, it would be supported upon strategic grounds by the Admiralty?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAThis question was considered, and as stated by the Minister of Reconstruction in June last, the Government decided that no operation should then be undertaken in connection with any scheme for a ship canal between the Forth and the Clyde. The views of the Admiralty and of the other interests concerned were considered before the decision was reached.