David Mitchell, MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary for the Department of Transport, was particularly keen to look over RNLI headquarters when he paid a brief visit to Poole in October. In an hour and a half he toured head office and the depot, gathering valuable information and showing particular interest in the ways that HM Coastguard and the RNLI work together during a rescue. He is seen here disembarking from a Tyne class lifeboat moored at the depot quay—with plenty to read on his journey home..