§ MR. CLAUDE LOWTHER (Cumberland, Eskdale)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury if he can state when the Royal Fishery Commissioners, who finished sitting at the beginning of this year, will issue their Report; and whether, in the event of that Report being still unpublished at the beginning of next session, the Government will act upon the advice of former Royal Commissions, and take steps to redress the grievances of the Cumberland fishermen, owing to the state of the law on the English and Scotch sides of the Solway.
§ THE FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR,) Manchester, E.Assuming that the Royal Commis- 453 sion referred to in the question is the Salmon Fisheries Commission, I understand that it concluded taking evidence only last month, and is now considering the Report.