HC Deb 17 January 1967 vol 739 c23W
Mr. McNamara

asked the Secretary of State for Defence on how many occasions in the years 1960–66 crews of vessels of the Royal Navy went to give medical assistance to men employed in the fishing industry.

Mr. Foley

No complete record is kept of the medical assistance given by ships of the Fishery Protection Squadron. An estimate based on the journals of individual ship medical officers indicates that help was given on well over 500 occasions during the years 1960–66.