MR. STANLEY WILSON (Yorkshire, E. R., Holderness)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that the North Eastern Railway dredgers are, by direction of the Board of Trade, depositing the mud dredged up from the docks at Hull opposite the village of Paull, to the detriment of the fishermen of that village; and whether he will give instructions to the North Eastern Railway to deposit this mud elsewhere.
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE (Mr. LLOYD-GEORGE,) Carnarvon BoroughsThe Board of Trade, with the concurrence of the Humber Conservancy Commissioners, have sanctioned the deposit of the dredgings from in front of the new Albert Dock Quay at Hull, at a spot off Skitterness, on condition that the deposit is made only on the ebb tide, and that it shall be discontinued forthwith should the Board at any time call upon the North Eastern Railway Company to do so. Up to the present no complaint has been received by the Board of Trade from the fishermen at Paull, and I am not prepared, with my present information, to give any instructions in the matter.
MR. STANLEY WILSONasked whether if he brought evidence to the notice of the President of the Board of Trade that damage was being done to the fishermen he would give instructions to the North-Eastern Railway to deposit the mud elsewhere.
§ MR. LLOYD-GEORGEI am prepared carefully to consider any representations made by the hon. Gentleman on behalf of the fishermen.