HC Deb 31 July 1906 vol 162 cc710-1
MAJOR SEELY

I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether he can see his way to remit that part of the charge of three pence in the pound levied on the remittance home of British seamen's wages from Hamburg and other foreign ports, which is now retained by the Board of Trade.

THE SECRETARY TO THE BOARD OF TRADE (Mr. KEARLEY,) Devonport

The whole question to which my hon. and gallant friend refers is still under consideration by the three Departments concerned, viz., the Treasury, the Foreign Office, and the Board of Trade; and I will take the earliest opportunity of informing him of the decision arrived at.