§ 49. Mr. ERNEST BROWNasked the Prime Minister if he will make a statement as to the policy of the Government with regard to the fishing industry; and if he will assure the House that no consideration of party polities will influence his estimate of its needs?
§ The PRIME MINISTER (Mr. Ramsay MacDonald)An Interim Report of the Fishing Industry Sub-Committee of the Committee of Civil Research is about to be published, and the hon. Member may accept my assurance that this Government at any rate will not allow party politics to determine its interest in the present hardships of the fishermen.
§ Mr. BROWNWill the right hon. Gentleman cause that answer to be circulated to the Under-Secretary of State for Scotland?
§ The PRIME MINISTERYes, and to members of the Opposition as well.