§ 4. Major MacANDREWasked the President of the Board of Trade if he intends to carry out the recommendations of the Merchant Shipping Advisory Committee to abandon the British rules dealing with the carriage by ships of deck cargoes of timber and to substitute others on Continental lines?
§ 17. Mr. WARDLAW-MILNEasked the President of the Board of Trade whether the Government have come to any decision regarding the necessity for formulating new Regulations to enable modern types of cargo vessels to carry timber on deck in the winter months to a greater extent than is at present permitted, in view of the competition by foreign lines which are not subject to the same restrictions as exist in the case of British ships?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERThe recommendations of the Merchant Shipping Advisory Committee on the subject of timber deck cargoes are now being considered by the Board of Trade. I am unable to say at present to what extent the Committee's recommendations will be adopted.