asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether a majority of the Annan Fishery Board has refused to petition the Secretary for Scotland that the season for fishing salmon in the Solway Firth should be extended for a fortnight; whether the Minister of Food has received a resolution passed unanimously by a public meeting of citizens at Annan appealing to him to grant this extension under the Defence of the Realm Act; and, in view of the large addition to the food supply that this extension would secure, what course he proposes to take?

I have seen a statement in the Press to the effect indicated by the right hon. Gentleman, but I have not received the resolution to which he refers.