Part of Orders of the Day — WHALING INDUSTRY (REGULATION) BILL [Lords]. – in the House of Commons at on 24 July 1934.
Sir Stafford Cripps
, Bristol East
This deals with the question of certain Dominions, and I want to ask what is being done in regard to getting Dominions to legislate to cover this situation. The right hon. Gentleman has already mentioned the question of the factories or ships being registered in the Dominions for purposes of evasion, and I understand that the particular company to which I suppose he was referring, already has one factory ship registered in New Zealand. Will he tell us whether any steps are being taken to ask the Dominion of New Zealand to legislate in time to deal with the situation so that the ship or company may be brought into line with the others?
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