asked the President of the Board of Trade when he proposes to introduce the promised legislation relating to carriage of goods by sea, fol- lowing upon the agreement which has been arrived at between trading and shippers' organisations?

A Bill to give effect to the rules recommended by the Brussels International Conference on the subject of the carriage of goods by sea was introduced in the House of Lords yesterday.

Would the right hon. Gentleman accelerate the Bill in every way possible, as he knows the anxiety among the trading and shipping community about it?

Yes; I gave an undertaking that the Bill would be introduced in another place as rapidly as possible, and that was done yesterday, as that is the most rapid way when business is congested here.