173. Major N.Macpherson asked the Minister of War Transport whether he has yet considered the Report of the Cooper Committee, submitted last July, on the improvement of the facilities on the Clyde and the reorganisation of the various port, harbour and lighthouse, etc., authorities; whether he is aware that the main recommendations have been accepted in principle by all the administrative authorities concerned; and, in view of the anxiety felt in Scotland about the labour position and the future of the trade and industry in the Clyde basin, when will a public announcement of the Government's intention be made.
§ Mr. BarnesI would refer the hon. Member to the answer which I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Edinburgh North (Mr. Willis) on 11th February.