asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether the representatives of Her Majesty's Government at the Diplomatic Conference on Maritime Law held in Brussels in October, 1957, supported the raising of the present United Kingdom figures of shipowners' liability to about £74 and £24 per ton, respectively; and what documents relating to the International Convention on the Limitation of Shipowners' Liability were signed by such representatives at Brussels on behalf of the United Kingdom.

The answer to the first part of the Question is "Yes, Sir"; the answer to the second part is "None, Sir".