§ MR. CATHCART WASON (Orkney and Shetland)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade if, in view of the fact that a lighthouse and fog-signal at Copinshay, Orkney, has long been urged by the Northern Lights Commissioners, and that the light is urgently demanded, not only by reason of the extent of shipping but by the heavy tides prevailing, he will now give the consent of the Board of Trade to its construction.
§ THE PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY TO THE BOARD OF TRADE (Sir H. KEARLEY, Devonport)Proposals for a lighthouse and fog-signal at Copinshay were made by the Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses in their estimates for 1907–8 and 1908–9, but the Board of Trade, after consultation with the Advisory Committee on New Lighthouse Works, considered that these works were less urgent than others proposed by the Commissioners. The proposal appears again in the estimates for the next financial year, and will be carefully considered.