HC Deb 22 July 1870 vol 203 c736
MR. GRAVES

said, he wished to ask the Secretary to the Board of Trade, Whether any Memorials in favour of the abolition of compulsory Pilotage have been received at the Board during the five years previous to 1870; and, if so, the number?

MR. SHAW LEFEVRE

said, he could only repeat the answer he had already given in his evidence before the Select Committee on this question, which was that all the memorials received by the Board of Trade had been referred to the Committee, and were, for the most part, given in the Appendix to its Report.

MR. C. TURNER

said, that no memorials were presented to the Committee. He thought they had a right to a distinct answer to the Question whether any memorials had been received or not.

MR. SHAW LEFEVRE

said, his reason for not having answered the Question more distinctly was that a specific answer to the Question in the form in which it was put would be misleading as to the interest taken by the public in this question.

MR. ASSHETON CROSS

Are there any, or are there not?

MR. SHAW LEFEVRE

To that question I must repeat that there are none beyond those referred to in the Appendix of the Report.