§ Mr. Sainsburyasked the Minister for Trade what consideration he is giving to the recommendations made in the report of the Panamanian inquiry into the loss of the MV Mark.
§ Mr. SproatThe recommendations of the inquiry are necessarily based on speculation as to the cause of the loss of the Mark and I am not convinced that there is ground for early action on them by the United Kingdom. Consideration of them is in the first instance a matter for the Panamanian authorities. If as a result they then introduce proposals for international action at the International Maritime Organisation we shall of course be ready to give them careful consideration.