40. Vice-Admiral CAMPBELLasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will consider amending the regulations so as to make it obligatory for ships flying the British flag to have British officers on board?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANSection 5 (1) of the Aliens Restriction (Amendment) Act, 1919, provides that no alien shall act as 195 master, chief officer or chief engineer of a British merchant ship registered in the United Kingdom, except in the case of a ship employed habitually in voyages between ports outside the United Kingdom.