§ SIR HENRY HOLLANDasked the President of the Board of Trade, What steps, if any, Her Majesty's Government have taken, or propose to take, to prevent any further progress being made during the Recess in the construction of the proposed Channel Tunnel by the promoters of that scheme?
§ MR. CHAMBERLAINSir, in the course of the legal proceedings instituted against the Company in August, 1882, they undertook not to work the boring machine, except with the written permission of the Board of Trade. That undertaking still exists, and I propose to satisfy myself from time to time it is strictly observed.