HC Deb 29 October 1945 vol 415 c169W
Mr. Collins

asked the Minister of War Transport if he will now report on the investigations which have been made into the proposal for a Wessex Ship Canal.

Mr. Barnes

From time to time since 1922 suggestions have been made to my Department regarding the construction of a ship canal between the Bristol Channel and the English Channel. Neither the various suggestions put forward nor the proposal as a whole are regarded as practicable propositions, since the cost would be out of all proportion to any resulting advantages.

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