§ MR. H. J. CRAIG (Tynemonth)To ask the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been called to a memorial signed by the leading shipowners on the North-East coast, and forwarded to the Management Committee of the National Lifeboat Institution, dealing with the life-saving facilities at the mouth of the River Tyne; and whether he pro-
§ staff, on the last day of the school year ended in the year 1904–5.
poses to take any action in regard to the questions raised in the memorial.
§ (Answered by Mr. Lloyd-George.) I have received a copy of a memorial stating the necessity of a lifeboat being stationed at Tynemouth. The question is one for the consideration of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, whom I have consulted, and who state that in addition to the Institution's motor lifeboat at the mouth of the Tyne, there are four other lifeboats stationed at North and South Shields by the Tyne Lifeboat Society. The Institution do not consider that another lifeboat is required, and I, as: at present advised, do not propose to take any action in the matter.