§ MR. LONSDALE (Armagh, Mid.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty whether, in view of the fact that many 351 British vessels are lost at sea, presumably through collision with derelicts, the Admiralty will consider the desirability of commissioning one of the vessels of the Reserve Fleet to search the seas for these dangers to navigation and destroy them.
§ MR. EDMUND ROBERTSONThis question was considered in 1894 by a Joint Committee of the Admiralty and Board of Trade, which reported against the hon. Member's suggestion. This report was presented to the House. (Cd. 7568 of Session 1894.)