§ Mr. Manuelasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board has agreed to defer disposing of the fishings which it owns on the rivers Conan and Blackwater.
§ Mr. RossYes. As my hon. Friend the Minister of State stated on 25th May in reply to a Question by the hon. Member for Ross and Cromarty (Mr. Alasdair Mackenzie), I asked the Board to defer disposing of these fishing rights pending consideration of the Hunter Report and I am glad to say that it has agreed to do so meantime.—[Vol 729, c. 470–1.]