Vice-Admiral Taylor:

Is my hon. Friend aware that the London Port Welfare Society supply comforts to the seamen of the Mercantile Marine through their Mercantile Marine Comforts Fund? I have made inquiries as to what organisations exist for this purpose at other ports in this country, and I should be glad if my hon. Friend would give me information about them. Is he aware that the seamen of the Mercantile Marine are at the bottom of the ladder with regard to warm comforts, and that, in fact, they are very much forgotten?