Part of Oral Answers to Questions — British Army – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 15 January 1964.
Mr Bruce Millan
, Glasgow Craigton
12:00,
15 January 1964
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland why the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board's Laidon scheme in Perthshire has been included in the public inquiry into the Fada-Fionn scheme in Wester Ross, since there are no objections to the Laidon scheme and there is no connection between the two schemes; what matters concerning Laidon have been or will be considered by the inquiry; and on how many occasions in the past there has been an inquiry into a scheme to which there have been no objections.
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