HC Deb 29 October 1908 vol 195 cc468-9
MR. MALLET (Plymouth)

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will state which countries admit British vessels to their coasting trade proper and to the trade between themselves and their possessions respectively; which countries exclude British ships altogether from their coasting trade; and what is the tonnage of British vessels allowed to participate in the coasting trade of each of these countries as aforesaid.

(Answered by Mr. Churchill.) My hon. friend will find information on all these points in Memorandum No. XXV. in the published Papers laid before the Colonial Conference, 1907 [Cd. 3524]. For his convenience I have directed that copies shall be sent him.

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