§ Mr. RAMSBOTHAMasked the Minister of Transport whether any Government assistance and, if so, what has been given to the execution of any of the schemes recommended by the Chamber of Shipping for the improvement of the various smaller ports in the country; and what action in particular, if any, has been taken or is contemplated in regard to Lancaster?
§ Mr. HERBERT MORRISONAssistance under the Development (Loan Guarantees and Grants) Act, 1929, has been given to schemes of development at the following smaller ports whose needs were mentioned in the reports of the Chamber of Shipping:—Dumfries (River Nith), Padstow, Poole, Shoreham and Weymouth. The approximate estimated total cost of the schemes is £313,000. The grants made were in accordance with the Unemployment Grants Committee's Circular 29, paragraph 17, and their Circular of 5th September, 1930, copies of which I am furnishing to the hon. Member. The latest information in my possession as to Lancaster is that in November last the Port Commissioners were expecting to discuss further with the Lancaster Corporation the question of port improvements.