§ MR. J. C. STEVENSON (South Shields)asked the President of the Board of Trade, Whether it is his intention that fish caught at sea by foreign fishing boats shall be treated as foreign merchandize under Clause C of the Railway and Canal Traffic Bill, as amended by the Standing Committee on Trade; and, if so, whether exceptional rates of carriage which might be justified before the Railway Commission in the case of fish caught by British boats may be equally justified when the fish are caught by foreign boats?
§ THE PRESIDENT (Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH) (Bristol, W.)Yes, Sir; it is my opinion that fish caught at sea by foreign fishing boats outside British waters would come under the definition of foreign merchandize under the Bill; and, therefore, they would be subject to the Proviso in the clause which applies to foreign merchandize.