HC Deb 31 May 1883 vol 279 c1334
MR. HENEAGE

asked the President of the Board of Trade, When the Bill, which he promised at the commencement of the Session, to carry out the recommendations of the Sea Fisheries Committee, will be ready; and, whether he will undertake that the Government will do their utmost to pass into Law, during the present Session, a measure dealing with this urgent and important subject, which cannot be postponed without considerable loss as well as injurious effect on the fishing trade?

MR. CHAMBERLAIN

, in reply, said, that this subject had occupied the attention of the Board of Trade for some time past. He had only just obtained the draft of the Bill carrying out practically the recommendations of the Committee; but he hoped that the Bill would in a short time be introduced into the other House of Parliament.