§ 5. Captain P. MACDONALDasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he proposes to take any action with regard to the petition for a public inquiry into the conditions of service of certificated navigating and engineer officers in the British merchant navy, recently submitted to Parliament, and to which 23,233 signatures were attached?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANThere already exist appropriate ways of discussing the matters referred to in the petition, particularly in the National Maritime Board, and a public inquiry is unnecessary.