§ Mr. R. Gibsonasked the President of the Board of Trade, how many of the masters and other officers, respectively, of the 3,433 vessels registered at ports in the United Kingdom and engaged in the coasting trade of the British Isles on 3rd April, 1911, held masters' certificates; and what were the corresponding figures for the masters and other officers of the 904 vessels engaged in the coasting trade of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on 15th June, 1937?
Mr. StanleyThe desired information could not be obtained without a detailed examination of all the agreements under which the officers were serving at the time, and the cost of such an inquiry is not, I think, justified.