§ Sir E. Graham-Littleasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will inquire into a case, details of which have been submitted to him, in which fishermen coming into Peel with catches of herring had to sell their catches to three firms with priority as agents of U.N.R.R.A. to buy herring at £2 per cran, the control price being £2, 15s. per cran, and when the fishermen protested they were told they could either accept the price offered or put the herring back into the sea; and whether he will correct this abuse.
§ Mr. EdeI have been unable to obtain any confirmation of the incident described. The Isle of Man authorities have no knowledge of any firms employed by U.N.R.R.A. as agents to buy herring in the Isle of Man, nor has any firm or person operating in the island been given priority for this purpose. There is moreover no control price in the Isle of Man for herring on a first sale.