§ 1. Mr. HANCOCKasked the President of the Board of Trade what steps the Government is taking to deal with coastal and inland water-way erosion?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the BOARD of TRADE (Viscount Wolmer)So far as Government Departments possess powers which enable them to exercise some control in the interests of coast defence against erosion, those powers will continue to be exercised, but there is no prospect of the Government being able to undertake any new financial responsibility in the matter.