§ MR. HARWOOD (Bolton)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade if the Lancashire Sea Fisheries Joint Committee has asked for the approval of the Board of Trade in putting further limitations upon fishing on the Burbo Bank, in the Mersey estuary; and whether that approval has been or will be given.
§ MR. RITCHIEThe Lancashire Sea Fisheries Joint Committee has asked for the approval of the Board of Trade to a bye-law limiting the kind of nets or instruments to be used in fishing for shrimps or prawns in a certain part of the Mersey estuary, including, I believe, part of the Burbo Bank. The proposed byelaw is now being considered by the Board of Trade, but I am not yet able to say what the decision will be.