§ SIR CHARLES PALMER (Durham, Jarrow)asked the President of the Board of Trade, Whether there is now any reason why the explorations should 1351 not be continued, so as to test the possibility of making a tunnel between this country and France, and so remove the danger and discomfort in the communication between this country and the Continent, as has been recently shown by the loss of the Invicta?
§ THE PRESIDENT (Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH) (Bristol, W.)The Invicta has not been lost, or even damaged; and having regard to the vote arrived at by the House last Session on the Channel Tunnel Bill, I certainly should not be justified in agreeing to the suggestion of the hon. Member.