§ 3. Colonel DAYasked the President of the Board of Trade if his attention has been drawn to the statement made by the Wallasey coroner, on the 7th June, at an inquest on four men drowned in the Mersey, when it was stated that the machinery used for summoning the lifeboat crew was not up-to-date; and will he take such action as will result in more expeditious methods of lifeboat launching being employed?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERThe answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. As regards the second part, I understand that the method of lifeboat launching at New Brighton is in accordance with the Regulations which, in their experience of life-saving all round the coast, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution have laid down for all their lifeboat stations.
§ Captain GARRO-JONESHas the right hon. Gentleman taken into consideration the representations he has received about the reduction in the number of coast watchers all round the coast?
§ Mr. SPEAKERI would point out to the hon. and gallant Member that this question refers to the Mersey, and not to the coast generally.