§ Mr. RENTOULasked the Under-Secretary to the Scottish Board of Health whether be has received any application from persons interested in the herring-fishing industry requesting the cancellation or suspension for the coming season of whaling licences issued by the Fishery Board for Scotland under the Whale Fisheries (Scotland) Act, 1907; whether he is aware that the failure to order such cancellation or suspension at an early date is likely to ruin the herring fishery in the Shetland waters; and whether he will take steps to order an immediate inquiry regarding the necessity for such action as contemplated by the Whale Fisheries (Scotland) Amendment Act, 1929?
§ Captain ELLIOTI would refer the hon. and learned Member to the oral reply which I gave on Monday last1082W to the hon. Member for Great Yarmouth (Mr. Harbord).