Mr. CATHCART WASONasked the Lord Advocate if he is aware of the feeling that exists in Shetland against the whaling companies and the manner in which they have established themselves there; and whether, in view of the fact of the continuous decrease of the herring fishing on the West Coast, he will send a Special Commissioner to report as to the desirability or otherwise of restrictive legislation?
§ Mr. UREAs I informed my hon. friend the Member for Argyllshire yesterday, there is no present intention to appoint a Special Commissioner to report into matters affecting the herring fisheries. I am aware of the existence of a certain amount of local feeling against the whaling companies, but I am unable to add to the answer given on the matter to my hon. friend on the 2nd of this month.