HC Deb 22 September 1931 vol 256 cc1449-50
16. Colonel GRETTON

asked 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-LISTER

According 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: