§ MR. BAUMANN (Camberwell, Peckham)asked the President of the Board of Trade, Whether, in view of the large commercial and traffic interests connected with the Port of London, he will consider the desirability of nominating, on the first vacancy for the Thames Conservancy Board, some Member of this 591 House representing a riparian constituency?
§ THE PRESIDENT (Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH) (Bristol, W.)Five of the members of the Thames Conservancy Board are appointed by the Corporation of the City of London, and six others are elected by the commercial and traffic interests to which my hon. Friend, I presume, refers. The Board of Trade can only nominate two of the 23 members, so that I cannot give such an undertaking as my hon. Friend desires, though, of course, on a vacancy his suggestion will be considered.