§ MR. JOYCE (Limerick)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether he is now in a position to state when he will appoint the Committee to inquire into questions affecting merchant seamen, whether in appointing the Committee he will make provision for direct 1331 representation of seamen as well as shipowners, whether he can state the number he intends to appoint, and whether the Committee will be appointed before the House rises at the end of the session.
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE (Mr. GERALD BALFOUR, Leeds, Central)I am not yet prepared to make any further announcement with regard to the appointment of the Committee to which the hon. Member refers, beyond stating that I shall certainly endeavour to secure the adequate representation of seamen as well as shipowners upon it.
§ MR. JOYCEWill the Committee be appointed before the end of the session, so that the House may know of whom it consists?
§ [No answer was returned.]