HC Deb 01 December 1908 vol 197 cc1236-7
MR. MCARTHUR (Liverpool, Kirkdale)

To ask the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the recent legal decision that the Colwyn Bay pier is an unauthorised structure free from all Board of Trade obligations and restrictions, it is the intention of the Board to take any action with respect to the said pier.

(Answered by Mr. Churchill.) The judgment of the Court of Appeal in the case to which the hon. Member refers was only given on the 18th instant, and I am not disposed to take any action in the matter until the owner of the pier has had a reasonable time to consider his position. I understand that it is possible that he may seek for Parliamentary sanction in respect of the undertaking next session.