§ 7. Captain ERSKINE-BOLSTasked the President of the Board of Trade with regard to the extra charge which is now being made for the foreshore of the different seaside resorts of the country, what charge has been made in the past; what charge is to be made in the future; which seaside resorts are to be summoned to pay; and which resorts are exempted from payment?
§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAFor many years the practice of the Board was to grant regulating leases of foreshore under their management to local authorities, where desired, at a nominal rental of£l per annum, but leases granted since the year 1925 have ordinarily, in addition, incorporated a profit-sharing clause. All the regulating leases granted by the Board and still in force, are being reconsidered with a view to fixing such rentals as, upon an investigation of the facts, which has only just commenced, the Chief Government Valuer may recommend to be fair and adequate.