HC Deb 03 March 1925 vol 181 cc273-4W
Mr. A. V. ALEXANDER

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether the Mercantile Marine Department of the Board of Trade proposes to appoint any additional ship surveyors?

Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTER

The staff of surveyors was finally adjusted in June last, after very careful review, by the chief technical officers of the Department, and I think that arrangement must stand for the present. But I shall continue to watch the matter very carefully, and if there were reason to think that ships which ought to be surveyed are escaping inspection owing to shortness of staff, I should not hesitate to ask for an increase.