§ 19. Mr. SHORTasked the President of the Board of Trade whether the proceeds of the sales and of other dealings in Crown foreshores are paid into public funds;. and, if so, whether, seeing that Returns of such dealings would be of interest to, at least, the public of all the coastal districts of the country, he will take steps to have a statement of dealings in foreshores published and placed on sale and the local authorities of every coastal district informed that this has been done and where the statement can be purchased?
§ Sir P. LLOYD-GREAMEThe proceeds arising from the dealings with Crown foreshores under the management of the Board of Trade are paid into public funds, and it has been the practice to publish particulars of these dealings as a House of Commons Paper every five years, the last Return, relating to the years 1912–16, being published in 1919. A further return for the years 1917–21 was prepared, but, as the sales receipts for the return of 1919 amounted to less than £l, whereas the cost of printing the Return for 1917–21 is estimated at £90, the Board, in consultation with the Treasury, decided that, looking to the urgent need for 2354 economy in public expenditure, the continued publication of the Return is not justified.