§ SIR W. J. COLLINS (St. Pancras, W.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress has been made, as the result of conferences with the representatives of the Channel Islands, in regard to improvements of the shipping laws obtaining in those islands.
§ MR. GLADSTONEThe Board of Trade have prepared detailed suggestions for legislation, framed with a view to secure uniformity, as far as possible, between the law in Jersey and Guernsey and the provisions of English law relating to certificates of competency, safety, and inquiries into shipping casualities. These suggestions were sent to the Insular Authorities a few days ago. The States of Guernsey have already passed a Bill dealing with certificates of competency, and they have been asked whether they would prefer that this Bill should receive approval separately, or that it should form part of the more extended legislation which is in contemplation.