§ 67. Mr. W. Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland to what extent locally quarried whinstone is to be used on the north side approach roads to the Forth Road Bridge; and what steps he intends to take to increase such use to the maximum, in the interests of maintaining full employment in the whinstone quarries.
§ Mr. MaclayThe specifications in this contract for the road foundations, mass concrete and structural concrete are so widely drawn that there will be every opportunity for the whinstone quarries to compete for the supply of material. But it will be for the successful contractor to decide the source of his material subject to his obligation to provide a finished product which satisfies the specifications.