§ SIR HOWARD VINCENT (Sheffield, Central)To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will cause a reprint of the Navigation Laws to be laid upon the Table, and consider as to whether their re-enactment is desirable in view of the efforts now being made to undermine British merchant shipping, and to transfer it to foreign flags.
(Answer.) A comparative statement of the Navigation Laws of 1660, and those in force in 1847, which appears to have been compiled at the Board of Trade, may be found at page 146 of the Fifth Report of the Select Committee of the House of Commons, No. 323, of 1847, and I shall be prepared to have this statement reprinted if the hon. and gallant Member desires it.—(Board of Trade.)