§ MR. SUTHERLANDI beg to ask the Prime Minister whether, in view of the dissatisfaction along the East Coast of Scotland in connection with existing conditions regarding fishing in the Moray Firth, the Government would consider the advisability of urging negotiations with foreign Powers with the object of bringing the present unsatisfactory state of affairs to an end.
§ MR. ASQUITHThe Secretary for Scotland will, before the House adjourns for the recess, introduce a Bill to prohibit in English and Irish ports what is already prohibited in Scottish ports—namely, the landing or sale of fish caught by trawling in prohibited areas of the sea adjacent to the coast of Scotland. It is hoped that this measure may provide an effectual remedy for the difficulty which exists in relation to these waters.