§ 16. Colonel GRETTONasked the President of the Board of Trade the amount of British shipping unemployed and laid up in port, either in numbers of vessels or in tonnage?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERAccording to the quarterly returns issued by the Chamber of Shipping, at 1st July last, 743 vessels of a total tonnage of 2,018,255 tons were laid up at ports of Great Britain and Ireland.
§ I will, with the hon. Member's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL, REPORT.
§ Following is the answer: