§ 1. Major GLYNasked the President of the Board of Trade whether the Board of Trade or the Ministry of Shipping will cause immediate inquiry to be made into the voyage of the hired transport "Patricia," now at Liverpool, where she arrived on the 18th instant, having occupied nearly six weeks to complete the voyage from Bombay?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of SHIPPING (Colonel Leslie Wilson)I have been asked to reply, and would refer my hon. and gallant Friend to the answer given to him on the 3rd instant.
§ Major GLYNUnder whose auspices is this vessel sailing, and is she, in fact, a hired transport?
§ Colonel WILSONI explained to my hon. Friend in my answer of the 3rd instant that the "Patricia" is not a hired transport, but a surrendered German steamer being managed for the Government by a private firm.