§ Mr. Websterasked the President of the Board of Trade what inspections have taken place since the coming into force of the Merchant Shipping Act 1964, of passenger vessels carrying more than twelve people, giving the number of failures and the reasons and the number of successes.
§ Mr. JayMore than 1,400 surveys of passenger ships have been carried out by380W the Board's surveyors since 26th May, 1965. The normal practice is for deficiencies to be made good during the course of the survey. Ten vessels were not brought up to the required standard; the deficiencies related to the hull (six), the engine (one), stability (one), general poor condition (one) and failure to produce plans (one).