§ MR. SYDNEY BUXTON (Tower Hamlets, Poplar)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Board of Trade whether the attention of the President of the Board of Trade had been called to the great improvement works, estimated at £10,000,000, to be guaranteed by the State, which are about to be taken in hand for the improvement and extension of the port of Antwerp; and what steps he proposes to take in order to place the port and docks of London in the hands of a public body, with a view to similar improvements being made on the Thames.
§ THE PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY TO THE BOARD OF TRADE (Mr. BONAR LAW, Glasgow, Blackfriars)As stated by me in reply to previous Questions of a similar nature, the Government is not prepared to make any proposals with respect to the port of London this session.
§ MR. SYDNEY BUXTONThe Government, having raised the question and paralysed the action of the dock 83 companies, do not intend, then, to take any action to improve the port of London?
§ MR. BONAR LAWI have nothing to add to my Answer.