§ 75. Sir Knox Cunninghamasked the President of the Board of Trade what study he has given to the document entitled Conclusions of the Council of the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organisation on the action to be taken on the problems brought to light by the loss of the "Torrey Canyon"; and what steps Her Maesty's Government are taking to assist and expedite the study of 27W the legal problems set out in the document.
§ Mr. J. P. W. MallalieuWork on these studies both legal and technical is being pushed ahead as quickly as possible, and on many of them we have already had discussions with the shipping and oil industries. We sent a strong delegation to the recent meeting of I.M.C.O's Legal Sub-Committee and have undertaken to produce working papers for it.