HC Deb 13 December 1938 vol 342 cc1822-3W
Mr. Malcolm MacMillan

asked the President of the Board of Trade how many herring-fishing drifters are not fitted with complete wireless equipment; and if he will make a statement?

Mr. Stanley

At the end of last year, there were 730 drifters in the United Kingdom. Of these, 147 were equipped with wireless apparatus for transmitting and receiving, and 545 with receiving apparatus only. The separate figures for Scotland were 459, 8 and 413, respectively. There is no statutory requirement that these vessels shall carry wireless apparatus.