§ 105. Mr. P. Wellsasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer haw many applications for permission to extract sand and gravel from the sea bed in the Thames estuary were made during 1962; and how many were granted.
Mr. MandlingThree applications were received by the Crown Estate Commissioners, but except for permission to two firms to prospect and take away samples of sand and gravel, no dredging licences have so far been granted.