§ MR. HARMOOD-BANNER (Liverpool, Everton)To ask the Undersecretary of State for the Colonies if he will consider the advisability of submitting the provisions for the safety of human life, contained in the Merchant Shipping (No. 2) Bill, to the Colonial Conference to be held next year, with a view of applying its provisions for the safety of human life to all ships, both British, Foreign, and Colonial, sailing from ports in the Colonies.
(Answered by Mr. Churchill.) As soon as the Merchant Shipping Bill is passed,
† See Col. 812–3.‡ See (4) Debates, lxxxv., 953.1212 the Secretary of State will communicate with the Governments of responsible governing colonies on the question of applying some of its provisions in those Colonies.