HC Deb 09 May 1871 vol 206 cc473-4
COLONEL FRENCH

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty, Whether any steps have been taken to supply an improved Life Buoy to Her Majesty's Ships, the present Service Buoy being notoriously inefficient as well as dangerous?

MR. GOSCHEN

replied that the service buoys on board Her Majesty's ships were neither inefficient nor dangerous.