HC Deb 23 July 1959 vol 609 cc142-3W
75 and 76. Mr. Knox Cunningham

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) whether, in view of the ratification by the United Kingdom of the International Convention relating to the Arrest of Sea-going Ships, 1952, he will take steps to have the Admiralty jurisdiction which is contained in the Administration of Justice Act, 1956, applied to the courts of the Isle of Man by an Order in Council made under Section 56 of the said Act;

(2) whether, in view of the ratification by the United Kingdom of the International Convention relating to the Arrest of Sea-going Ships, 1952, he will take steps to have the Admiralty jurisdiction which is contained in the Administration of Justice Act, 1956, applied to the courts of the Channel Islands by an Order in Council made under Section 56 of the said Act.

Mr. R. A. Butler

I am in consultation with the authorities in the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man on this subject.