HC Deb 22 July 1925 vol 186 c2223W
Mr. B. SMITH

asked the President of the Board of Trade, with reference to the Merchant Shipping (Wireless Telegraphy) Rule Amendment Rules, 1925, issued on the 21st April, 1925, whether he will seek powers which will enable the Board of Trade to require Class II vessels to carry more than one qualified operator, in the same way as he has secured powers to exempt foreign ships from the requirements of the Merchant Shipping Wireless Telegraphy Act of 1919?

Sir B. CHADWICK

I am not convinced that the alteration of the law which the hon. Member proposes is necessary in the interest of safety of life at sea