§ Mr. John MacLeodasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware that the low price for meal and oil at Ullapool in Ross-shire is causing the fishermen a lot of unnecessary sailing: and if he will regrade Ullapool in order to enable the fishermen to earn more.
§ Mr. MaclayI am aware that on occasion fishermen landing at Ullapool prefer to take their surplus herring for conversion to oil and meal to a factory port where the price offered is higher. Since the present herring subsidy replaced the former oil and meal subsidy the prices paid for surplus herring have been fixed by the Herring Industry Board on an economic basis.