§ MR. J. W. BARCLAY (Forfarshire)asked, the First Lord of the Treasury, Whether, in view of the dissatisfaction which has been expressed in Scotland with the Fishery Board as at present constituted, and the expiry in 1887 of the term of office of the present Members of the Board, the Government will defer making any new appointments until there has been an opportunity for discussing the functions and constitution of the Board?
§ THE FIRST LORD (Mr. W. H. SMITH) (Strand, Westminster)I beg to refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on the 31st ultimo to an almost exactly similar Question. No now appointment to the Scotch Fishery Board will be made until next October, when the term of office of six of the members of the pre-sent Board expires; and there will be ample time for the hon. Member, in the meanwhile, to raise any discussion on the constitution of the Board that he may think necessary.