§ SIR W. J. COLLINS (St. Pancras, W.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state what action has been taken by the authorities of Guernsey and Jersey with a view to securing that the shipping laws obtaining in the Channel Islands shall be in harmony with the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Acts of the United Kingdom.
§ *MR. GLADSTONEThe insular authorities have still under consideration the question of legislation in the direction desired by my hon. friend, and I am proposing a conference between representatives of the Islands, the Board of Trade, and the Home Office in order to hasten the matter.