§ SIR PHILIP MILESasked the President of the Board of Trade, Whether any steps have been taken to examine into grievances of the Bristol Channel pilots, as stated in a Memorial forwarded by them in December 1880 to the Board of Trade?
§ MR. CHAMBERLAINIn their Memorial, the pilots complained of injuries caused by unfair selection, and asked that the pilotage authority should be transferred to the Trinity House. Their Memorial was referred to the pilotage authorities, who replied that remedies already existed for cases of unfair selection. The change which the pilots desire can only be effected by a Provisional Order or an Act of Parliament. No application for a Provisional Order has been made, and we are not in a position to initiate legislation on this subject.