§ Mr. Hector Hughesasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer by what authority his Department sold part of Her Majesty's foreshore at Brighton to Brighton Corporation; what price was paid for it and what precautions were taken in the contract to maintain the immemorial public rights of access to that foreshore and the adjacent beach; and in how many other cases and places Her Majesty has been divested of foreshores.
§ Mr. Harold LeverThere were two sales by the Crown in 1888 and 1936, for £525 and £806 respectively, under the 431W authority of the Crown Lands Acts. Both conveyances were subject to the public rights of navigation and fishing. The Crown has been divested of foreshore by way of ancient grant or sale in a large number of cases over past centuries.