HC Deb 23 July 1903 vol 126 cc59-60
MR. CATHCART WASON (Orkney and Shetland)

To ask the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Office of Woods and Forests, if the pending disposition of fishing rights in Orkney will be suspended until full inquiry can be made as petitioned for by the Orkney County Council.

(Answered by Mr. Elliot.) By arrangement with the proposed purchaser the proposed disposition has been postponed for the present.