asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, as part of any future general scheme for expenditure on public works during a trade depression, he will include plans for rendering our inland and seaside holiday and health resorts and spas attractive by improving the hotels, the indoor entertainments, and outdoor sports, by all of which Continental resorts attract visitors from the United Kingdom?

The matters referred to in the question, in so far as they are appropriate subjects of public expenditure, are primarily for the consideration of the local authorities concerned. I do not consider that there is any case for State grants for these purposes.