§ Mr. GOULDasked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the shortage of bunker coals throughout the world, he has considered some scheme to regulate the supply of bunkers at British home ports and British-owned coaling stations overseas to foreign-owned vessels by demanding that in return for the necessary supply of bunker coals they shall carry to this country a fair percentage of cargo at rates equivalent to those paid to British owners on directed voyages?
Colonel WILSONI have been asked to reply. My right hon. Friend is not prepared to recommend the suggested scheme.