§ Mr. MACLEANasked the President of the Board of Trade the number of ex-enemy ships which are still for sale, the average tonnage per ship, and the price per ton which is being asked for them?
§ Sir B. CHADWICKThere are no ex-enemy ships remaining to be sold.
§ Mr. MACLEANasked the President of the Board of Trade how many ex-enemy ships sold to British shipowners have been resold to foreign owners; the price per ton received by the Government on the sale to British owners and the price per ton received by the British owners on the resale to foreign countries?
§ Sir B. CHADWICKA return has already been laid on the Table giving the names of the firms by whom each of the ex-enemy ships was bought up to 27th March, 1923, and the prices paid. This return has been brought up to date and will shortly be laid on the Table but it is not possible to give the prices obtained in any cases of resale as these are not, known.