HC Deb 30 May 1895 vol 34 cc634-5
MR. WEIR

I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether the Commissioners on Northern Lighthouses have, since the 19th March 1895, been able to obtain the statutory sanction of Trinity House for the erection of a lighthouse on Tiumpan Head, Island of Lewis?

MR. BRYCE

I have received no communications from the Trinity Houses or the Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses on the subject of Tiumpan Head since the 19th March last. I can only refer the hon. Member to my replies to him of the 19th and 20th of that month.

MR. WEIR

asked whether the right hon. Gentleman would make any attempt to obtain the information?

MR. BRYCE

I have no right to interefere with the statutory discretion of the Trinity House. It is for them to say whether they approve or not.

MR. WEIR

Will the right hon. Gentleman ask whether Trinity House as come to a decision?

MR. BRYCE

The Estimate for this year is already made up, and therefore the matter is not urgent.