§ MR. RAPHAEL (Derbyshire, S.)I beg to ask the hon. Member for South Somerset, as representing the President of the Board of Agriculture, if he is aware that there is a large amount of sewage pollution within the area of the Trent Fishery Board, and if he will take such steps as may be necessary to enforce upon the Board the due performance of its duties; and if he will give particulars of the annual income and expenditure of the Board, particularly with regard to the proportion of income expended in salaries and in prevention of the pollution of the river.
§ THE TREASURER OF THE HOUSEHOLD (Sir EDWARD STRACHEY,) Somersetshire, S.We are aware that there is a large amount of sewage pollution within the area of the Trent Fishery Board. There is no statutory compulsion cast upon Fishery Boards to prosecute in cases of pollution, but the Board in question has been very active within its limits in dealing with the matter. Their Report for 1907, which I will send my hon. friend, gives the financial particulars desired.