§ 25. Colonel BURNasked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he will sanction the request of the Brixham Fisheries Development Committee to have two lights fixed at Tor Cross to safeguard the Brixham fishermen from trawling in the restricted area of Start Bay?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the ADMIRALTY (Dr. Macnamara)I regret that on naval grounds the fixing of lights as suggested in the question cannot be sanctioned.
§ Colonel BURNWill the right hon. Gentleman not mark a chart, painted in dark blue, so that the Fisheries Development Committee may keep it, and show it to the fishermen, who are only too anxious to catch fish, but who do not desire to transgress the Regulations?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAI will submit that proposal of a marked chart to my naval advisers. Obviously lights are out of the question. They would disclose the full situation to the enemy submarines.