§ 83. Mr. Hector Hughesasked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he will make a statement of the number and nature of communications he has received during the last six months requesting him to amend the Merchant Shipping (Life-Saving Appliances) so as to include recent relevant inventions within the terms of the existing regulations.
§ Mr. NeaveFive. These concerned inflatable liferafts, radar reflectors, safety clothing, chemical de-salting apparatus and solar stills.
The following are the details:
- 1. A proposal that further regulations he issued to make compulsory the carriage of inflatable liferafts on certain passenger and cargo ships.
- 2. Proposals that radar reflectors be made compulsory and standard equipment for lifesaving appliances used at sea.
- 3. A proposal that chemical water de-salting apparatus be allowed as an optional alternative to a proportion of the drinking water required to be carried in tins in inflatable liferafts.
- 4. A proposal that a solar still be allowed as an optional alternative to a proportion of the drinking water required to be carried in tins in inflatable liferafts.
- 5. A proposal that a certain type of safety clothing be recognised as an official life-saving appliance on fishing vessels.