§ *MAJOR SEELY (Isle of Wight)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade if he can give any explanation as to the cause of the delay in enabling the light vessels and rock lighthouses to communicate with the shore, and vice versa, for life-saving purposes by means of wireless telegraphy, and whether he can give an assurance that the matter will not be delayed any longer.
§ THE PRESIDENT or THE BOARD OF TRADE (Mr. GERALD BALFOUR, Leeds, Central)I would refer my hon. and gallant friend to the answer which I gave to a similar Question put by my hon. friend the Member for the Totnes Division of Devonshire last Thursday. † I can assure him that the desire of the Board of Trade is to expedite matters as much as possible.