§ Mr. MACQUISTENasked the Minister of Transport whether, in view of the fact that there is no road between Douglas Pier and Carrick Castle, which is served only by a small motor boat, he will favourably consider giving a grant to the district committee of 80 per cent. of the cost of constructing a third-class road, which is urgently needed by the inhabitants if they are still to continue to remain in the district, which otherwise threatens to become derelict?
§ Mr. HERBERT MORRISONI am prepared to consider an application for a grant towards an approved scheme for the construction of a new road between Douglas Pier and Carrick Castle, but as the new road, when constructed, will have but little through traffic value, I cannot agree that the scheme will merit a grant from the Road Fund in excess of 50 per cent.