§ 43. Lieut.-Colonel MOOREasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will consider giving instructions for a lighted buoy to be placed near the sunken reef off the Cleats, at the south end of the island of Arran, in view of the number of steamers which have been wrecked at this spot?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the BOARD of TRADE (Mr. Hore-Belisha)The Board of Trade are in communication on this matter with the Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses with whom lies the primary responsibility of providing new seamarks for general navigation off the coasts of Scotland. The Commissioners inform me that they are making full investigations regarding wrecks off Cleats and that it will be some little time before they can reach a conclusion.
§ Lieut.-Colonel MOOREMay I have the opportunity of saving this investigation by pointing out that 40 vessels have been lost at this reef in the last half century?