§ Lieut.-Colonel Heneageasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will give the number of trawlers laid up at each of the main fishing ports, stating separately the number which are long-distance trawlers, and the number of each category which are still being employed at these ports?
— Laid up. Operating. Near water. Distant water. Total. Near water. Distant water. Total. Aberdeen … … 12 — 12 241 7 248 Fleetwood … … 9 5 14 158 — 158 Grimsby … … 18 23 41 259 124 383 Hull … … — 47 47 31 214 245 Leith … … 3 — 3 56 — 56 Lowestoft … … 7 — 7 90 — 90 Milford Haven … … 7 — 7 127 — 127 North Shields … … 5 — 5 57 — 57 Note.—The five distant water trawlers shown as laid up at Fleetwood were Hull owned vessels which had operated from that port.