Highlands and Islands

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 15 May 1991.

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Photo of Margaret Ewing Margaret Ewing , Moray 12:00, 15 May 1991

Does the Minister accept that, given the importance of transport issues in the highlands and islands of Scotland, it would be much more efficient to spend money on the infrastructure of our area rather than enabling the Nuclear Industry Radioactive Waste Executive to spend £450 minimum on each test borehole for the disposal of nuclear waste? Is not that a case of the Government having their priorities totally wrong?