HC Deb 16 February 1926 vol 191 cc1689-91
3. Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHY

asked the President of the Board of Trade the approximate number of aliens at

total oil and motor spirit imports in the several ascertainable grades for the years 1910, 1920, 1923, 1924, and 1925, respectively?

Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTER

If the hon. Member will allow me, I will circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT the figures for which he asks.

Following are the figures:

The imports into the United Kingdom of the various descriptions of petroleum oils and spirits in each of the years specified were as follow:

present employed in merchant ships under the British flag?

Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTER

Information as to the number of alien seamen employed in the British Mercantile Marine was contained in an answer given to the Noble Lord the Member for Southampton (Lord Apsley) on the 17th December, 1924, a copy of which I am sending to the hon. and gallant Member, with additions to bring the statistics up to date.

Lieut. - Commander KENWORTHY

May I ask what steps the right hon. Gentleman is taking to discourage the wholesale employment of aliens in British ships, in view of the unemployment among British seamen?

Mr. SPEAKER

That hardly arises out of the Question on the Paper.