§ 94. Sir Irving Alberyasked the Minister of Shipping, in view of the discrepancy between British and neutral charter rates, what steps are being taken by the Government to safeguard the British shipping industry after the war?
Sir A. SalterI can hardly deal with so large a question of policy within the limits of a Parliamentary Question and Answer but the future of the Mercantile Marine is necessarily a matter which the Government will keep constantly before them.