HC Deb 19 November 1936 vol 317 c1910
59. Admiral Sir ROGER KEYES

asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been drawn to the alleged use by the London County Council, or its contractors, of foreign ships for the purpose of the coastwise conveyance of British granite from Cornwall to Chelsea Bridge; and whether, in view of the continued unemployment among British officers of the mercantile marine and seamen, he will recommend all local authorities to insert in their forms of tender a clause stipulating that where goods intended for their use are carried coastwise they should be carried in British ships only?

Mr. R. S. HUDSON

The answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. As regards the second part my right hon. Friend is in consultation with my right hon. Friend the President of the Board of Trade.