Written question asked by Lord Randall of Uxbridge (Conservative) on Thursday, 19 February 1998, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 2 March 1998. It was answered by Calum Macdonald (Labour) on Monday, 2 March 1998 on behalf of the Scottish Office.

Scottish Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions, or correspondence, he has had with Aberdeenshire and Moray Councils with regard to the proposed funicular railway on Cairngorm; and what views the councils expressed to him.

Answer: Mr. Randall: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what discussions, or correspondence, he has had with Aberdeenshire and Moray Councils with regard to the proposed funicular railway on Cairngorm; and what views the councils expressed to him. [31235] Mr. MacDonald: My right hon. Friend received a letter from Aberdeenshire Council on 25 November 1997 advising him that a motion had been passed expressing the Council's disappointment at the decisions not to review the planning consent and to award tax payers' money for the development. There has been no correspondence from Moray Council.

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