§ MR. HAVELOCK WILSONI beg to ask Mr. Attorney-General whether any communications have passed between the Board of Trade and the Law Officers of the Crown from the 9th of August 1330 1898 to the 9th January 1899, with regard to the state of the law as to the accommodation of lascar seamen on board British registered vessels?
SIR R. WEBSTERThe matter referred to in the honourable Member's Question has been submitted by the Board of Trade to the Law Officers of the Crown, and is now under their consideration.
§ MR. HAVELOCK WILSONThat is not an answer to my Question. I wished to know if any correspondence had passed between the dates named.
SIR R. WEBSTERNo written communications have passed during the period in question, but certain oral communications took place. I am sorry I missed the point of the honourable Member's Question.