HC Deb 06 June 1921 vol 142 cc1499-500
20. Major MORRISON-BELL

asked the Minister of Agriculture if he has now taken any further steps in the promised establishment of tanks for the mussel industry at Lympstone, the absence of which has brought an important industry to a standstill, thereby causing much hardship in the district?

Sir A. BOSCAWEN

Yes, Sir. Arrangements are proceeding satisfactorily, and the work of construction should soon begin.

Major MORRISON-BELL

Does that mean in the course of the next few weeks?

Sir A. BOSCAWEN

Yes, Sir. There were difficulties about the cost of this work, and we have now received a revised tender, which is very much lower, or, rather, we are undertaking the work ourselves on an estimate very much lower than the tender we had before, and I see no reason why we should not proceed with the work.