§ MR. WILLIAMSON (Elgin and Nairn)I beg to ask the Prime Minister if he can now state whether the Cabinet have yet concluded their consideration of the Moray Firth question; and if he can fix a date before the adjournment of the House on which their decision will be announced.
§ MR. ASQUITHI consider it very doubtful whether the Government Departments which are now considering this complicated question will have been able to arrive at a decision before the House adjourns.
§ MR. WILLIAMSONHas the attention of the right hon. Gentleman been directed to the gravity of the position 423 and the great dissatisfaction caused by the delay?
§ MR. ASQUITHNo, Sir.
§ MR. PIRIEIn considering this question will the paramount importance of prohibiting the landing at English ports of trawl caught fish from the Moray Firth be borne in mind?
§ MR. ASQUITHAll these points have been or are being considered.
§ MR. ASQUITHI cannot decide as to the relative merits of the different proposals.