§ Sir G. RENTOULasked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been called to recent fatalities among fishermen owing to the common practice of wearing rubber sea-boots; and whether he will issue regulations dealing with this matter in order to prevent lives thus being unnecessarily endangered?
§ Mr. W. GRAHAMI understand that it has been suggested that the wearing of rubber boots may have contributed to fatal accidents among fishermen, but the matter would not seem one which could be dealt with by the issue of regulations,
TABLE showing particulars of amounts, so far as available, of capital borrowed by local education authorities for the years specified, the amount of loans outstanding at the end of each year, and the annual loan charges (interest, repayment of principal and payments into Sinking Funds) for those years.
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Year. Amount Borrowed. Loans outstanding 31st March. Loan Charges, comprising— Total Loan Charges. Interest. Repayments other than out of Sinking Funds. Amounts paid into Sinking Funds. £ (000). £ (000). £ (000). £ (000). £ (000). £ (000). 1913–14 … 3,033* — — — — 3,663 1914–15 … 2,720* — — — — — 1915–16 … 678* — — — — — 1916–17 … 218* — — — — — 1917–18 … 43* 50.346 — — — — 1918–19 … 43* 48,573 — — — 3,807 1919–20 … 602 47,394 — — — 3,822 1920–21 … 2,186 47,507 — — — 3,981 1921–22 … 2,099 47,573 1,686 1,513 862 4,061 1922–23 … 954 46,352 1,713 1.438 895 4,046 1923–24 … 1,074 45,390 1,622 1,445 910 3,977 1924–25 … 1,695 44,900 1,583 1,414 902 3,899 1925–26 … 3,825 46,430 1,601 1,379 916 3,896 1926–27 … 4,434 48,923 1,699 1,442 797 3,938 1927–28 … 5,977 52,917 1,878 1,437 865 4,180 1928–29 … 6,120† — — — — — * These are the amounts sanctioned by the Board, information as to the amounts actually borrowed not being available. †This figure gives the amount sanctioned. Further information for the year 1928–1929 is not yet available. nor is there power to issue such regulations.