§ SIR EDWARD WATKINasked the President of the Board of Trade, Whether the Board of Trade have considered the memorials presented to them from the fishing interests of Folkestone, Great Grimsby, Great Yarmouth, and other ports, conplaining of the proposed regulations of the Board as respects lights to be enforced upon the owners of fishing vessels at sea; and, whether the recommendations of the memorials will be complied with; or, if not, whether it will be proposed to remit the subject to the investigation of a Select Committee of the House?
§ MR. J. G. TALBOTSir, my noble Friend the President of the Board of Trade has very carefully considered the Memorials referred to, as well as other similar Memorials from other places, and upon receiving them at once appointed Commissioners to visit certain ports, confer with the parties interested, and investigate and report upon the whole subject. That Report has not yet been received, but is, I understand, in a very forward state. Until it has been received and considered, it would not be possible to give a more definite answer to the Question of the hon. Member.