§ 50. Mr. Awberyasked the Minister of Transport in what ports of the country port efficiency committees have been established; what is their constitution; when the whole of the ports will be covered; and when he expects to receive the report of the committee set up on 11th March last.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydI assume that the hon. Member is referring to the port operations panels which have been set up 3W at a number of ports as a result of the work of the Ports Efficiency Committee. These panels have now been established at London, Liverpool, Manchester, Sunderland, Dundee, Hull, Grimsby and Immingham, Newport, Cardiff, Barry, Port Talbot, Swansea, Middlesbrough and Hartlepools, and a Panel is about to be established at Leith. They consist of representatives of port authorities, shipowners, port employers and labour. The Ports Efficiency Committee did not intend that such panels should be set up at all ports in the country.
The Committee is to report "from time to time." It has already made one report and it has another in preparation.