§ MR. ROWNTREE (Scarborough)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade if it is competent for Sea Fishery Committees to defray the railway fares of fishermen representatives to and from the Committee meetings out of any funds at their disposal under the Sea Fisheries Act; and, if not, if he will consider the desirability of altering the law so 1766 as to admit of the payment of such expenses?
§ SIR M. HICKS BEACHThe Local Fisheries Committees are Committees of the County Councils, and it does not appear that the Councils have any power to pay the expenses of their members when attending meetings. The question whether such a payment should be authorised by law involves that of the payment of the expenses of all County Councillors and other members of their Committees.