asked the Minister of Transport if he is aware that, because of trade union demands, fish at Grimsby cannot be accepted by the railway company after 3.30 p.m. and one train to 4 p.m., whereas at Hull fish is accepted up to 6 p.m.; and what steps he proposes to take to safeguard Grimsby dock trade which is only 65 per cent. of its prewar volume.

As the fish workers at Grimsby are now subject to the industrial agreements applicable to the dock workers there, and are employed under the provisions of the Dock Works (Regulation of Employment) Order, 1947, their normal finishing time is 5 p.m. instead of 6 p.m. as formerly, and the railway company have found it necessary to advance by 30 minutes the latest time for acceptance of fish for despatch by rail.