§ Mr. Prescottasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether his Department has completed its preliminary inquiry into the grounding of the vessel "Conoco Britannia"; and, if so, what steps it has taken arising out of its conclusions.
§ Mr. OnslowThe report was received last Friday; it is being studied.
§ Mr. Prescottasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if his Department's survey of who boarded the tanker "Conoco Britannia" when 47W aground in the Humber in June 1973 ascertained whether the deviation book for the magnetic compass had been regularly filled in; and what was the result of their investigations into this matter.
§ Mr. OnslowYes; he found that deviations of the magnetic compass had been regularly entered in the ship's log, and in the compass deviation book, although less frequently in the latter.