HC Deb 23 May 1906 vol 157 cc1302-3
SIR GILBERT PARKER (Gravesend)

asked the President of the Board of Trade a Question of which he had given private notice—namely, whether he could embody in the Merchant Shipping Amendment Bill, now in Committee, a clause dealing with the restriction of the employment of alien pilots in British waters.

MR. LLOYD-GEORGE (Carnarvon Boroughs)

There are a good many legal difficulties in the way of dealing with the matter. The Government have, after careful consideration, decided that they can deal with future applications, and an Amendment of the Merchant Shipping Bill will be placed on the Paper to that effect.