§ MR. MOOREasked the President of the Board of Trade, Whether his attention has been called to the case of Frederick Dale, convicted at the Liverpool Police Court, on the 6th of June, of robbing a respectable servant girl on the Channel Steamer between Dublin and Liverpool; and, whether it is a fact that no separate accommodation is provided for women in the steerage of these steamers?
§ MR. CHAMBERLAINThe case referred to by the hon. Member was dealt with by the Liverpool Police Court, and in the ordinary course would not come under the notice of the Board of Trade. I cannot state positively whether any separate accommodation is provided for worn en in the steerage of the steamers; but I think it unlikely, having regard to the size of the steamers and the length of the voyage. The Board of Trade have power to require separate accommodation for women only in emigrant ships.