§ Mr Hector Hughesasked the President of the Board of Trade (1) if he will state his plans following the recently issued interim Report of the Committee on 119W Trawler Safety set up by him with special reference to the risks incurred by Aberdeen trawlers in North Sea and Northern fishing grounds;
(2) if he will make a statement on the recent appointment by him of a committee under the Chairmanship of Admiral Sir Doric Holland-Martin to consider and report on the causes and remedies for the loss of British trawlers at sea including the study of meteorological, weather and other conditions affecting trawlers and the supply of information to trawlers at sea.
§ Mr. CroslandThe Committee of Inquiry into Trawler Safety in its Interim Report recommends that an experimental weather advisory service should be provided this winter at Government expense from a ship at sea in the area north of Iceland. I accept this recommendation and am taking urgent action to give effect to it.