Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Environment – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 5 Rhagfyr 1973.
Does the Minister recollect that in that statement he made no specific reference to the situation in Scotland? Can he now take the opportunity of spelling out exactly the investment programme improvements for Scotland? In particular, will he give assurances that there will be increased electrification in the central belt and on the main line to Inverness and Aberdeen, in view of the very great increase in freight traffic which is likely to result from the acceleration of the North Sea oil programme?