Written question asked by Gordon McMaster (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 16 January 1995. It was answered by Allan Stewart (Conservative) on Monday, 16 January 1995 on behalf of the Scottish Office.

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Scottish Office

Question

In what ways the Clyde Port Authority has changed its policies and responsibilities for preventing floods since it was privatised; if he will publish a table showing (a) the location and (b) frequency of dredging operations for each of the three years which (i) preceded and (ii) followed privatisation; what assessment he has made of the responsibility of Clyde Port Authority in the recent floods. - Includes table and fact that information about Clydeport Ltd.'s dredging operations is not readily available in the format requested.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

252 c349-50W;252 c349W

Session

1994-95

Subjects

Clyde Port Authority Flood control Floods Privatisation Strathclyde Dredging River Clyde Clydeport Holdings

Contains statistics

Yes