§ Mr. HAYDN JONESasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture whether the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries have made any Regulations to be observed by users of the Conway mussel purification tanks in the terms of the Schedule attached to the Sea Fisheries (Conway) Provisional Order Confirmation Act, 1912; and, if so, whether before such Regulations were confirmed they were advertised in any newspaper circulating in the locality; whether copies of the Regulations are on sale to the fishermen; and, if so, at what price?
Sir A. BOSCAWENThe control of the mussel purification tanks established under the Sea Fisheries (Conway) Provisional Order, 1912, was assumed by the Ministry by virtue of powers under the Defence of the Realm Regulations and incidental to this assumption of control revised Regulations were issued regarding the uses of the tanks. The provisions of the Conway Order, 1912, requiring any Regulation made thereunder to be advertised before confirmation, do not apply to Regulations made by the Ministry in exercise of powers under the Defence of the Realm Regulations. Copies of the Regulations made by the Ministry were given to all the fishermen interested and a copy is exhibited outside the tank. Any fisherman can obtain a copy free of charge on application to the Officer in Charge of the Tanks at Conway.