HC Deb 25 March 1964 vol 692 cc107-8W
Mr. Dempsey

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland why there has been delay in the starting of the project to pipe the Monkland Canal at Coat-bridge; if he will give a new starting date; and when he expects the project to be completed.

Mr. Noble

The contract documents are not yet ready, but meanwhile the Council are negotiating with the British Waterways Board on terms of acquisi- tion and other incidental matters. I have no firm estimate of the starting date, which is unlikely to be for at least four months yet; thereafter the project is expected to need a year to complete.