§ Lieut.-Colonel Mackesonasked the Minister of War Transport the total lift in personnel of merchant ships at the disposal of His Majesty's Government; and what were the maximum numbers that His Majesty's Government, under war conditions, sent out, or anticipated sending, to the Far East in any period of eight weeks.
§ Mr. BarnesI presume that the Question relates only to troopships and to Service personnel, in which case the answer to the first part is approximately 360,000 in long-sea voyage ships, and a2040W further 25,000 in ships of the Cross-Channel type. The answer to the second part of the Question is 130,000.