§ Mr. STURROCKasked the Secretary for Scotland how far the recommendations of the Report and the supplementary Report of the rural transport committee are being, or have been, carried into effect?
§ Mr. MUNROA substantial part of the immediate improvements of steamer and train services recommended in paragraph 332 of the Report has received effect. A number of those improvements are at present impracticable owing to financial considerations. An experimental drifter service between Kyle and Mallaig and various ports in Skye and the West of Ross is at present in operation. In the case of a number of the proposed railway schemes statistics of prospective traffic and other particulars are being prepared2464W by an inter-departmental conference in Edinburgh. The object is to enable the Ministry of Transport and the Treasury to decide whether any grants can be made towards the cost of construction. The recommendations as to road improvements have been placed before the Roads Department of the Ministry of Transport who consider them when dealing with applications from road authorities for grants or loans.