§ 27. Mr. COCKSasked the Lord Privy Seal whether consideration is being given to the question of the reclamation of the Wash?
Mr. THOMASThe question of the reclamation of the Wash has been repeatedly under consideration by the present Government and its predecessors, and while it may be possible, especially as the result of land drainage operations, to secure the reclamation of small areas from time to time, as has been done in the past, I am advised that any comprehensive scheme of reclamation, except at a prohibitive cost, is quite impracticable.
§ Mr. COCKSHas the right hon. Gentleman's attention been drawn to the work that has been done in Holland in the reclamation of the Zuyder Zee? Are we going to be inferior to the Dutch?