§ 54. Colonel PERKINSasked the President of the Board of Trade if he has yet received the recommendations passed by the international conference at Washington on the subject of the pollution of the sea by the discharge of oil from ships; and whether, in view of the urgency of the matter, he will take immediate steps to see what remedial action can be taken to stop this nuisance?
§ The PRESIDENT of the BOARD of TRADE (Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister)I would refer my hen. Friend to the replies which I gave on Tuesday on this subject, of which I am sending him a copy.