§ Commander BELLAIRSasked the President of the Board of Trade what are the latest figures of the idle tonnage of the British Empire and of Great Britain laid up throughout the world?
§ Mr. W. R. SMITHInformation as to the tonnage of the British Empire and of Great Britain laid up throughout the world is not available. According to the quarterly returns of laid up tonnage issued by the Chamber of Shipping of the United Kingdom, the tonnage of British shipping reported as laid up in ports of Great Britain and Ireland on 1st April, 1931, was 1,867,000 tons net.