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Docks And Harbours (Scotland)

Volume 940: debated on Friday 2 December 1977

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asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the Scottish docks and harbours for which his Department is responsible; and if he will state his capital expenditure programme in respect of each.

A complete list of all the Scottish docks and harbours for which my Department is responsible is not readily available: it would include numerous small harbours of little or no commercial significance. The following are the principal commercial harbour undertakings:

  • Aberdeen Harbour Board
  • Ardrossan Harbour Co. Ltd.
  • Ayr Harbour (BTDB)
  • Cairnryan (European Ferries Ltd.)
  • Clyde Port Authority
  • Cromarty Firth Port Authority
  • Dundee Port Authority
  • Finnart (BP)
  • Forth Ports Authority
  • Irvine Harbour (ICI)
  • Lerwick Harbour Trust
  • Montrose Harbour Trust
  • Orkney Islands Council
  • Shetland Islands Council
  • Saltburn Pier, Cromarty Firth (British Aluminium Co.)
  • Stranraer, East Pier (British Rail)
  • Troon Harbour (BTDB)
Capital expenditure is a matter for each harbour authority, but investment by the public sector ports in Scotland for five years beginning in 1976 is likely to be about: