§ 68. Mr. DOUGLAS HALLasked whether it was with the advice of the Merchant Shipping Advisory Committee, or any body of shipowners, that the Board of Trade in 1906 decided to raise the load line of British ships?
Mr. ROBERTSONThe Merchant Shipping Advisory Committee did not exist before 1907. My right hon. Friend stated on Thursday last the statutory action taken by the Board of Trade in connection with the matter, and I am sending the hon. Member a copy.