§ Major ENTWISTLEasked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been called to the recent illegal seizure by a gunboat of the Soviet Government upon the high seas, outside the territorial limits, off the Murmansky coast of North Russia, of a British trawler, which resulted in the vessel being driven ashore with the loss of the lives of 10 of her crew; whether other arrests were contemplated; and whether he proposes to arrange to send a British warship to these waters, or to take other effective steps for the protection of the numerous British vessels now lawfully fishing in these regions from outrages of this kind?
Mr. HARMSWORTHOn receipt of full particulars from the two survivors who have just arrived in this country as to the exact whereabouts of the British trawler when seized by the Soviet authorities His Majesty's Government will decide what steps should be taken. The answer to the second part of the question is in the negative.