§ 30. Lieut.-Colonel HENEAGEasked the Minister of Agriculture whether his attention has been called to the fact that the Louth canal is stopped up by reeds and that the adjoining agricultural land has been in consequence flooded; and what action can and will be taken to remedy the position?
§ Captain Sir GEORGE BOWYERI have been asked to reply. Yes, Sir. My right hon. Friend's attention has recently been called to the position of the Louth canal, and he is endeavouring as soon as possible to proceed with the constitution of elective drainage boards for this and other areas in East Lincolnshire.
§ 32. Lieut.-Colonel HENEAGEasked the Minister of Agriculture what applications he has received for the establishment of elective drainage boards in East Lincolnshire and what action he proposes to take; and whether, in spite of the fact that there is no catchment board in East Lincolnshire, the drainage authorities may be given grants for necessary drainage work and sea defence?
§ Sir G. BOWYERThree petitions have been received for the constitution of elective boards in the area to which my hon. and gallant Friend refers, and steps are now being taken to give effect to these petitions in accordance with the provisions of the Land Drainage Act, 1930. As regards the last part of the question, my hon. and gallant Friend's attention is called to Section 55 of the Act which authorises the payment of Government grants only to catchment boards.