§ Mr. IRVINGasked the Parliamentary-Secretary to the Board of Agriculture how many permits to fish for sea fish in Cardigan Bay under the terms of the Sea Fishing Order (No. 1) of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries have been applied far from the date of commencement of the Order, on the 1st of November, 1917, to the present time; and whether, in view of the failure of this Order, he will give instructions for its immediate withdrawal and the resumption of fishing in this bay under normal peace conditions?
Sir A. BOSCAWENApproximately twenty permits have been issued under the Order. The Board are not aware that the Order has been a failure or that the occasion has yet arisen for its withdrawal. The Order gave extended facilities for fishing, and all methods of fishing permitted by local by-laws can be prosecuted as before, since they have been in no way affected by the Order.