HC Deb 13 June 1951 vol 488 cc192-4W
Lord Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland when any special or additional assistance for the improvement of 14 miles of Loch Arkaigside road is contemplated so that the owner can build up a hill farm stock.

Mr. McNeil

This is a classified road, and any special assistance that I might be able to give under the Congested Districts (Scotland) Act could only be supplementary to the usual Road Fund grant. My right hon. Friend the Minister of Transport whom I have consulted, feels unable to offer a grant for the reconstruction of the road. I do not feel that in present circumstances I would be justified in pressing him to do so.

Lord Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether in addition to the proposed North Ford bridge construction by the Royal Engineers in the Outer Isles, he will approach the Secretary of State for War to enable units of the Royal Engineers to undertake the construction of a road from Lochailort to Glenuig.

Mr. McNeil

In present circumstances I would not feel justified in asking my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for War to undertake other works of this kind in the Highlands.