§ Mr. BOTTOMLEYasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Shipping Controller whether sons of aliens have been granted permission to sit for certificates as mates or masters of British ships?
§ Sir A. GEDDESI have been asked to reply to this question. An alien candidate may be examined for a mate's certificates of competency. A candidate may not be examined for a master's certificate of competency unless he is a British subject, and at the time of his birth each of his parents was a British subject by birth or by naturalisation.