HC Deb 26 November 1974 vol 882 cc137-8W
Mr. MacCormick

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will take action to

Year Source Amount and Use
1973 European social Fund £4.4 million great being the estimated proporation of the total allocation to the United Kingdom which is in respect of expenditure in Scotland. The assistance allocated was towards the cost of the following schemes in Scotland in 1973:
Government-operated schemes of training of unemployed workers; other Government expenditure on training; transfer of workers; raining and resettlement of workers leaving agriculture; training of workers in or leaving textiles; training of disabled persons; industrial rehabilitation of disabled persons.
1973 European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund £1,910,227 for projects from the construction of fishing vessels and agricultural produce factories of land improvements in agricultural areas. Scotland also shares with England a joint project comprising two beef production research units for which a total grant of £56,161 was offered.
1973 European Coal and Steel Community £45,000 grant towards the cost of a feasibility study of industrial and environmental redevelopment at Cambuslag.
1974 European Investment Bank £10..4 million loan towards the cost of new power station at Peterhead.
1974 European Investment Bank Allocations totalling £1,020,000 have been made to Scottish companies from the global loan administered b y the Industrial and Commercial Finance Corporation.
1974 European Coal and Steel Community £14.8 million loan towards the cost of a new investment project at Revenscraig.
In addition, money will be available in due course as required from schemes to aid redundant steel workers under a European Coal and Steel Community Re-adaptation scheme which was approved in 1974. A similar scheme for redundant coal workers.
Note: Estimated expenditures are listed by the year in which commitments were made by the Community Actual expenditures in many instances will accrue over a longer period. Applications for European Social Fund and EAGGF assistance for 1974 are still under consideration by the Commission.

limit the numbers of wild geese wintering on the Isle of Islay.

Mr. William Ross

No. The onus for the control of wild geese rests on the occupiers of the land.