§ 13. Sir BASIL PETOasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is now in a position to inform the House when the Board of Trade inquiry into the loss of the s.s. "Vestris" will be held; and what will be the composition of the full court?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERThe inquiry into the circumstances attending the loss of the s.s. "Vestris" will be held in the Great Hall of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Great George Street, Westminster, and will commence at 11 a.m. on Monday next, the 22nd April. The inquiry will be presided over by Mr. Butler Aspinall; and he will be assisted by five assessors, two of whom will be shipmasters, one a naval officer, one a marine engineer and one a naval architect.