FROM

STANDING COMMITTEE B

ON THE

Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Bill

WITH THE

PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE.

Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed,

24th April, 1923.

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STANDING COMMITTEE B.

SALMON AND FRESHWATER FISHERIES BILL.-Read a second time and committed to a Standing Committee on the 9th April, and allocated by Mr. Speaker to the Committee on the 10th April.

Gaunt, Rear-Admiral Sir Guy Sueter, Rear-Admiral

George, Major Gwilym

*Sutcliffe, Mr.

Gosling, Mr.

Thomson, Mr. Trevelyan

Grigg, Lieut.-Col. Sir Edward

Tout, Mr.

Vaughan-Morgan, Colonel

White, Mr. Graham

Whitla, Sir William

Wilson, Mr. Cecil

Hilder, Lieut.-Colonel

Wood, Major Sir Samuel Hill

* Added in respect of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Bill.

REPORT.

STANDING COMMITTEE B, to whom the SALMON AND FRESHWATER FISHERIES BILL was referred ;-Have

gone through the Bill and made Amendments thereunto.

SALMON AND FRESHWATER FISHERIES BILL.

Clause 1.

Amendment made, in page 1, line 22, at the end, by inserting the words:

(d) "throw or discharge any stone or other missile into any water for the purpose of taking or killing, or facilitating the taking or killing, of any salmon or trout "-(Major Gwilym Lloyd George).

Another Amendment made, in page 2, lines 14 and 15, by leaving out the words "across any portion of a lake or river "(Sir Robert Sanders).

Amendment made, in page 2, line 35, by leaving out the word "Knowingly "-(Mr. Peto).

Another Amendment made, in page 3, line 2, by leaving out the word "forthwith "-(Mr. Peto).

Clause, as amended, agreed to.

Clause 4.

Amendment made, in page 3, line 10, by leaving out the word "stream," and inserting the word "waters waters "—(Sir Robert Sanders),- instead thereof.

Clause, as amended, agreed to.

Clause 5, agreed to.

Clause 6.

Amendments made, in page 3, line 23, by leaving out the words "a river," and inserting the words "any waters," instead thereof; and in line 27, by leaving out the word "river," and inserting the word "waters"-(Sir Robert Sanders),-instead thereof.

Clause, as amended, agreed to.

Clause 7.

Amendment proposed, in page 3, line 33, to leave out the word "two," in order to insert the words "one and a-half " (Major Gwilym Lloyd George), instead thereof. Question," That the word 'two' stand part of the Clause,' -put, and agreed to.

Clause agreed to.

Clauses 8-12, agreed to.

Clause 13.

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Amendments made, in page 7, line 17, by leaving out the word "stream," and inserting the word "river," instead thereof; in line 22, by leaving out the word "stream," and inserting the word river," instead thereof; in line 28, by leaving out the word "stream,' and inserting the word "river," instead thereof; and in line 32, by leaving out the word "stream," and inserting the word "river"—(Sir Robert Sanders),—instead thereof. Clause, as amended, agreed to.

Clauses 14-17, agreed to.

Clause 18.

Amendment made, in page 11, line 13, by leaving out the words "(if any) "-(Sir Robert Sanders).

Another Amendment made, in page 11, line 13, after the word "or," by inserting the words "where there is no fishery board "-(Sir Robert Sanders).

Clause, as amended, agreed to.