§ Mr. RUSSELLasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has received any representations with regard to the proposed transfer of the examinations of marine engineers from North Shields to Newcastle-on-Tyne; whether, before coming to a decision, he will take account of the inconvenience and hardship the change would involve for the candidates, nearly all of whom are students at the marine school, South Shields?
§ Mr. H. WILLIAMSThe Board of Trade survey work is being transferred from North Shields to Newcastle and the examinations of engineers would naturally follow this transfer. Representations were made by the marine school at South Shields against the transfer of the examination work and these were very carefully considered, but it was felt that no sufficient case had been made out against the transfer.