BITTER SPEECH
TRAMP SUBSIDY DEBATE
"SWEAT SHOPS AT SEA"
United I'rcss Association—By Electric ■ TelcgraiiU—Copyright. (Received February 12, 2 p.m.) LONDON, February 11. Coincidenlly with a report of the Tramp Shipping Administrative Committee saying that the subsidy last year saved the British tramp shipping industry from collapse, the House oX Commons debated the granting of a subsidy • for 1936 not exceeding £2,000,000. The Rt. Hon. A. Greenwood (Lab., Wakefield) said that the Labour Party opposed the grant of further money "to people some of whom have blood on their hands." In the course of a bitter speech he declared that there were slums and sweat shops at sea as bad- as any on land. He challenged any member to say there were not boats insured which leave port with the odds against their return if foul weather is encountered. Labour demanded a drastic overhaul of the Merchant Shipping Act. Sir Alan Anderson (Con., London) did not agree that the Act needed revision. The Board of Trade had power to make regulations as new conditions arose, but improvement in safety at sea was not due to regulations, but mainly to the invention of wireless. Ship owners had moved with the times and made enormous improvements with wonderful and spectacular results. The granting of the subsidy was carried by 205 votes to 134.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 36, 12 February 1936, Page 12
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