§ *MR. AINSWORTHI beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty whether he is prepared to employ a sufficient number of gunboats or other suitable vessels to patrol the fishing grounds of the United Kingdom and to prevent the infringement of the three-mile limit.
§ MR. PRETYMANIt is not possible to detail any vessels for the sole duty of patrolling the coasts of the United Kingdom in order to prevent the infringement of the three-mile limit, but there are a considerable number of gunboats and Coastguard cruisers which combine this work with their other necessary duties.