§ MAJOR ANSTRUTHER-GRAYI beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer if he can state whether he has been able to consider the petition handed to him last September with regard to the vital necessity of improving the Anstruther Harbour; and whether he can hold out any hope of a favourable reply.
§ MR. ASQUITHThe petition has received my careful attention, and I regret that, until the Anstruther local authorities are in a position to comply with the conditions which, as they have, been informed, apply to cases of this kind, the Treasury is precluded from making a grant for the harbour.