HC Deb 23 January 1945 vol 407 c668W
Mr. Snadden

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether persons appointed by him to conduct public inquiries in regard to constructional schemes of the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board are instructed to visit the site where the proposed works are to be executed before conducting the inquiry.

Mr. Johnston

It is open to a person holding an inquiry into a constructional scheme, after giving due notice to the parties, to visit the site of the proposed works, and I think it must be left to him to decide, having regard to the nature of the scheme and of the objections to it, whether such a visit is, under the circumstances, necessary.

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