§ 58. Mr. Wallasked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what steps Her Majesty's Government's representatives at the Geneva Conference on the Laws of the Sea will take to press for a closer association between a merchant ship and her country of register so as to minimise the threat to all maritime nations by shipping using flags of convenience.
§ Mr. NeaveThe United Kingdom delegation has already suggested that the Conference should endorse the principle of a genuine link between states and ships and should refer the problem for detailed examination by other appropriate international bodies.