§ MR. BOLAND (Kerry, S.)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade which Coastguard stations it is proposed to abolish between Valentia Island and Bantry Bay; and whether it is proposed to leave forty miles of coastline, which is the first land reached by ships crossing the Atlantic without a life-saving station.
§ MR. CHURCHILLI understand that under the arrangement announced last spring it is proposed to close during the next few months the redundant coastguard stations at Ballinskelligs and Ballycrovane, and that pending the consideration of the general policy relating to the Coastguard no action will be taken in regard to closing any other Coastguard stations between Valentia Island and Bantry Bay. It is not proposed to abolish any life-saving station between the points mentioned.
§ MR. JOYCE (Limerick)Is it within the right hon. Gentleman's knowledge that within the past two months the Coastguard by descending a cliff some 400 feet rescued the crew of a shipwrecked Russian vessel?
§ MR. CHURCHILLYes, Sir.