MR. CATHCART WASONI beg to ask the Secretary for Scotland if the Scottish Fishery Board has forwarded any recommendations with regard to the whale killing in Shetland and its effect; on the great herring fishery; and whether any members of the Scottish Fishery Board are shareholders, directors, or promoters of whale-killing companies.
§ MR. SINCLAIRThe Fishery Board have expressed their concurrence in the findings of the Committee who publicly investigated and reported upon the subject of whale fishing in Shetland and upon whose recommendations the Whale Fishing Bill is founded. My information is that no member of the Fishery Board is a director or promoter of a whale-killing company. The question of shareholding is not one into which I consider it advisable to inquire.
§ LORD R. CECILDid the Fishery Board Report that the existing practice is or is not beneficial?
§ MR. SINCLAIRThe noble Lord will find full information in the Report.