§ Mr. DAYasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can state the number of seamen employed in sea-going vessels registered in the United Kingdom as at the last convenient date, giving particulars as to the nationality of the seamen and the number of lascars?
§ Mr. W. GRAHAMThe number of seamen so employed on 31st March, 1928, was 200,113, of whom 15,291 were foreign (other than lascars) and 52,445 lascars (British subjects and foreigners).