Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Mercantile Marine. – in the House of Commons at on 8 April 1941.
Mr. David Adams:
asked the Minister of Shipping whether he is aware that considerable dissatisfaction is still prevalent at the inability of his Ministry to use available tonnage to the fullest advantage and whether he has considered the desirability of forming a special committee of competent shipowners within the Ministry for the purpose of allocating vessels according to their build and suitability for the particular trades involved?
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