MR. STANLEY WILSON (Yorkshire E. R., Holderness)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether, in view of the fact that the town of Hastings has, during the present year, been granted borrowing powers for a period of fifteen years for sea-defence groynes of a light character, he will assist the town of Horn sea, East Yorkshire, by granting them similar powers for groynes of a substantial and expensive character.
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. John Burns, Battersea)I do not find that the Local Government Board have sanctioned any loans for groynes at Hastings during the present year. They have recently sanctioned a loan for limber groynes at Horn sea, and in accordance with their usual practice in the case of groynes of this character the period for the repayment of the loan has been limited to ten years.
MR. STANLEY WILSONIf I can prove the fact as regards Hastings, will 1514 the right hon. Gentleman reconsider his decision as regards Horn sea?
§ MR. JOHN BURNSI shall be glad to hear anything which will enable me favourably to consider the Horn sea case. I believe at Hastings the loan was for a substantial concrete groyne.
§ MR. JOHN BURNSI am confirmed in my view in another quarter of the House.