§ Sir W. de FRECEasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he can state the number of occasions on which vessels flying the British flag have been searched by the American customs authorities under the new Treaty with the United States extending the zone of right of search to 12 miles?
§ The PRIME MINISTERAs far as His Majesty's Government know, no vessels flying the British flag have been seized under the Liquor Treaty with the United States. I might add that this Treaty does not extend the zone of right of search to 12 miles. It provides that vessels suspected of smuggling may not be boarded at a greater distance from the coast than can be traversed in one hour by the vessel suspected.