Merchant shipping [H.L.] A bill intituled an act to make further provision concerning oil pollution by ships and related matters; to give power to protect shipping and trading interests against foreign action concerning or affecting carriage of goods by sea; to make provision relating to the operation of submersible apparatus; to alter the constitution of the commissioners of northern lighthouses; and to amend certain provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act 1970 relating to offences committed by seamen [electronic resource].