§ 22. Lieut.-Colonel Sir Thomas Mooreasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he has now considered the memorandum from the Convention of Royal Burghs with regard to the extent to which the Admiralty proposes to make use of the personnel of the herring fleet in time of war; and whether, in view of the importance of Admiralty co-operation in this matter, if the industry is to be restored to a reasonable degree of its pre-war prosperity, what steps he proposes to take to deal with the matter?
Mr. CooperThe memorandum referred to by my hon. and gallant Friend has only recently been received and is now under consideration. I am, therefore, not in a position to make a statement on the subject at present.