§ SIR CAMERON GULL (Devon, Barnstaple)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether, having regard to the urgent need, as disclosed by the Report of the Select Committee on Harbour Accommodation of 1884, of harbour accommodation available at all tides on the North Cornish and North Devon coasts for fishing and local trading purposes, and to the impossibility of providing such accommodation entirely from local sources, if he is not prepared to undertake the larger schemes recommended by the Committee, he will favourably consider this special case?
§ MR. RITCHIEIt has been the policy of successive Governments not to undertake to construct or to assist by grants commercial and fishing harbour works in England. As the hon. Member is aware, loans can be obtained from the Public Works Loan Commissioners under certain conditions. However, if any special circumstances are brought under my notice they will receive my careful consideration.