HC Deb 08 July 1908 vol 191 cc1642-3
MR. BOWERMAN (Deptford)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has received a petition, forwarded to him with a covering letter dated 22nd May, from a meeting of the Chefs de Famille of the Island of Alderney, legally convened; and, if so, what were the contents of the petition; and if he will state the nature of the reply given to it.

MR. BOWERMAN

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, whether he has received a petition, forwarded to him with a covering letter dated 22nd May, from a meeting of the Chefs de Famille of the Island of Alderney, legally convened, and, if so, what were the contents of the petition; and if he will state the nature of the reply given to it.

MR. BOWERMAN

To ask the hon. Member for South Somerset, as representing the President of the Board of Agriculture, whether he has received a petition, forwarded to him with a covering letter dated 22nd May, from a meeting of the Chefs de Famille of the Island of Alderney, legally convened; and, if so, what were the contents of the petition; and if he will state the nature of the reply given to it.

MR. BOWERMAN

To ask the President of the Local Government Board whether he has received a petition, forwarded to him with a covering letter dated 22nd May, from a meeting of the Chefs de Famille of the Island of Alderney, legally convened; and, if so, what were the contents of the petition; and if he will state the nature of the reply given to it.

MR. BOWERMAN

To ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has received a petition, forwarded to him with a covering letter dated 22nd May, from a meeting of the Chefs de Famille of the Island of Alderney, legally convened, and, if so, what were the contents of the petition; and if he will state the nature of the reply given to it.

(Answered by Mr. Secretary Gladstone.) I beg leave to answer these, Questions. Petitions addressed to the heads of several Government Departments have been received through the Lieutenant-Governor of Guernsey. The petitioners, inhabitants and ratepayers of Alderney, were in favour of a syndicate being allowed to build an abattoir in the Island, and to import and kill cattle for the English market. This matter has been often considered, in consultation with the Board of Agriculture, and I regret that I cannot depart from the decision that the establishment of the proposed abattoir cannot be permitted.

MR. BOWERMAN

To ask the President of the Local Government Board whether he has received a petition, forwarded to him with a covering letter dated 22nd May, from a meeting of the Chefs de Famille of the Island of Alderney, legally convened; and, if so, what were the contents of the petition; and if he will state the nature of the reply given to it.

(Answered by Mr. John Burns.) I have not received the petition referred to.