§ Mr. SANDHAMasked the President of the Board of Trade if the Committee appointed to inquire into the load lines of merchant ships has finally completed its work; and, if so, what was the total cost of the inquiry and the names and occupations of the members of the Committee?
§ Mr. W. R. SMITHThe Committee appointed to inquire into the load-lines of merchant ships completed its report on lath August last, and the report was published on 4th September. The total474W cost of the inquiry was estimated at £2,618.
The following list gives the names and occupations of the members of the Committee:
Sir Charles J. O. Sanders, K.B.E. (Chairman), formerly a Civil Servant in the Mercantile Marine Department of the Board of Trade and later Secretary of the Shipbuilding Employers' Federation.
Mr. James Montgomerie, D.Sc., Naval Architect, Chief Surveyor to Lloyd's Register of Shipping.
Captain F. W. Bate, O.B.E., R.D., R.N.U., Professional Officer of the Mercantile Marine Department, Board of Trade. Formerly Master Mariner.
Mr. Edward W. Colvill, I.S.O., Naval Architect, former Principal Ship Surveyor to the Board of Trade. Captain John Thomas Edwards, Retired Master Mariner.
Mr. J. Foster King, C.B.E., Naval Architect, Chief Surveyor of the British Corporation Register.
Mr. G. M. Milne, Naval Architect, Chief Surveyor of the British Committee of the Bureau Veritas.
Captain Alfred Spencer, Retired Master Mariner.