§ MR. CATHCART WASON (Orkney and Shetland)To ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Commissioner of Woods and Forests, if his attention has been called to an advertisement in which a proprietor in Orkney claims having the Crown rights of fishing, and that the sea trout fishing is strictly preserved; and, if so, will he state whether such advertisement is in accordance with the agreement for lease 953 entered into by the Woods and Forests with the said proprietor by which the public right of fishing was safeguarded by regulations to be approved by the Secretary for Scotland.
(Answered by Mr. Victor Cavendish.) The proprietor to whom the hon. Member is presumed to refer has a lease until Martinmas next of the Crown's right as regards salmon and sea trout fishing, with an option of purchase. No public right of fishing was recognised in the lease, but the option of purchase if exercised is to be; subject to regulations as to fishing by the public to be approved by the Secretary for Scotland.