§ SIR GILBERT PARKER (Gravesend)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will direct that no applications for pilotage certificates be considered by Trinity House pending the passage of the Merchant Shipping Amendment Bill now before Parliament.
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE BOARD OF TRADE (Mr. KEARLEY,) DevonportThe Trinity House have called my attention to this matter, and I am considering what steps are necessary to ensure that no undue advantage will be taken of the interval before the proposed clause can come into force.