§ SIR GEORGE TYLERsaid, he would beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty whether Her Majesty's Government had under consideration any measure for securing the more immediate manning and equipment of the navy on any future emergency; and, if so, whether it was their intention to bring it forward during the present session of Parliament?
§ SIR CHARLES WOODsaid, he fully admitted the great importance of the subject, which had been alluded to by the hon. and gallant member and which had been inquired into at various times, but with regard to which there was a great difference of opinion. The difference of opinion, indeed, was so great, that no practical conclusion had as yet been arrived at. All he could say was that the matter still occupied the most serious consideration of the Admiralty.