Mr. WEST RUSSELLasked the President of the Board of Trade if he can make any statement with regard to the International Conference on the Load Lines of Merchant Ships?
§ Mr. W. GRAHAMAt present I can only say that the International Load Line Conference will, we hope, open on 20th May, in London, that invitations to attend have been sent to the Governments1120W of the foreign maritime countries, the Dominions and India, and that the necessary preparations are being made.