§ MR. BECKETT (Yorkshire, N.R. Whitby)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade if the Bill to amend the Merchant Shipping Acts will deal with the question of foreign pilots and seamen employed on British ships.
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE (Mr. LLOYD-GEORGE, Carnarvon Boroughs)In reply to the lion. Member, I would point out that foreign pilots are not employed on British ships in British waters; but I propose to deal with the question of foreign seamen on such ships.
§ MR. JOYCE (Limerick)May I ask if the Government are going to give any protection to British pilots? Are they going to allow all their rights to be filched away from them by foreigners?
§ MR. LLOYD-GEORGEThat is not the Question put to me by the hon. Member opposite. The question of the employment of masters of foreign ships as pilots is a totally different question, and we may deal with that in the Bill.