§ MR. SEXTON (Belfast, W.)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether the Board will frame rules for the direction of Surveyors of the Board in the discharge of their functions under the new Merchant Ship- 541 ping (Tonnage) Bill, especially with reference to the provisions of Section 2 in regard to overdeck light and air spaces?
§ * THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE (Sir MICHAEL HICKS BEACH, Bristol, W.)Rules on this matter are in course of preparation, but of course cannot be issued until the Bill has become law.
§ MR. SEXTONWill it be made public?
§ * SIR MICHAEL HICKS BEACHYes, Sir; I daresay they might be laid on the Table.