§ MR. HART-DAVIES (Hackney, N.)To ask the President of the Board of Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Dutch Government has brought forward a measure making the carrying of life-saving rocket apparatus compulsory on all vessels of over 200 tons; whether he will take into consideration the advisability of proposing a similar enactment for British shipping; and whether the Schermuly's rocket salvage apparatus has come under the notice of his Department.
(Answered by Mr. Kearley.) The Board of Trade have no official information with regard to the Dutch measure to which my hon. friend refers, but the question of the desirability of British ships being provided with apparatus for communicating with the shore is being considered. The 648 Answer to the last paragraph in the Question is in the affirmative.