§ Mr. Whitakerasked the Secretary of State for Defence what constructive non-military work, such as bridge or road-building, British forces have carried out in the last year.
§ Mr. BoydenA wide variety of tasks has been undertaken in the past year at home and abroad.
Overseas projects include a road in Thailand, an airfield in the British Virgin Islands and bridges in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A party of Royal Engineers will shortly leave for Malta to help implement the recommendations of the Robens Report.
Examples of work in the United Kingdom are an airfield in Unst, bridges in Glencoe and Somerset and temporary repairs to over a thousand houses in Glasgow after the January hurricane. Lesser projects have included the construction of a number of paths and footbridges.