§ MR. PIRIE (Aberdeen, N.)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade if he would state what staff of examiners there is in Aberdeen for examining trawl fishermen under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1906; and if he can explain why the last examination of such candidates in Aberdeen was postponed from the date originally fixed.
§ MR. LLOYD-GEORGEThere is one examiner of fishermen at Aberdeen. Owing to the illness of the examiner 91 during the examination the last examination was unavoidably postponed until a substitute could be obtained, but I understand that no inconvenience was caused to the three candidates who attended.
§ MR. PIRIEasked if, according to the rules of the Board of Trade, there should not be three examiners, and why that regulation was not complied with in the case of Aberdeen?
§ MR. LLOYD-GEORGEsaid he would look into the matter and let his hon. friend know.