§ Sir J. HARMOOD-BANNERasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Treasury are going to pay out of the Grant to East Coast towns any sums of money to make up the trading losses upon certain East Coast local authority electric supply or other trading undertakings; and, if so, has he taken into consideration the fact that this will bear most inequitably on the electric supply undertakings in other East Coast towns which have made similar losses, but, through being under private ownership, will not only have to bear those losses but also have to contribute more heavily towards the rates, as such towns will not get so large a Grant owing to its being used to make up the trading losses of other East Coast towns?
§ Mr. HAYES FISHERMy right hon. Friend has asked me to reply to this question. The Treasury made special Grants of £70,000 last year and in the present year to the local authorities of watering places upon the East Coast towards meeting the liabilities of the authorities upon the understanding that the Grant would be apportioned by a committee of the towns according to their several needs. The Grants have been allocated by a committee of towns and have been distributed by the Local Government Board in accordance with that allocation.