§ MAJOR ANSTRUTHER-GRAY (St. Andrew's Burghs)To ask the President of the Board of Trade whether he can make any formal statement in regard to His Majesty's Government's intentions as regards the Coastguard service, so that in the event of the present system being abolished the men now employed may be able to make arrangements for their return to civil life.
To ask the President of the Board of Trade whether, in the event of the present Coastguard service being abolished, it is the intention of His Majesty's Government to establish a new service; if so, whether the men now employed in the Coastguard service will be allowed to join; and whether the time served in the Coastguard service will be allowed to count for pension.
(Answered by Mr. Edmund Robertson.) I cannot undertake to make any statement on the subject of the Coastguard until Vote A and Vote 1 are before the House.