§ Mr. Tebbitasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry with which other Government Departments, and with which other authorities and organisations, and by what means, he maintains coordination of the provision of assistance to mariners and others in distress on the seas around Great Britain.
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§ Mr. OnslowThe Search and Rescue Committee on which the Ministry of Defence, the Post Office, the Royal National Life-Boat Institution and Trinity House as well as this Department are represented, is responsible for keeping under review the functioning of the search and rescue organisation and for considering changes in equipment, deployment and organisation in any part of it. Her Majesty's Coastguard, which is part of this Department, is responsible for co-ordinating operations around the coasts of the United Kingdom, calling upon the services of the other bodies mentioned as necessary.
Further details of these arrangements are given in the 1970 Report of the Committee to Review the Marine Search and Rescue Organisation of the United Kingdom, a copy of which is in the Library.