§ SIR H. DRUMMOND WOLFFasked the Secretary to the Admiralty, Whether the attention of the Board has been directed to an article in The Admiralty and Horse Guards Gazette of the 15th of November, putting forward a plan of Life Insurance for Petty Officers and Seamen of the Royal Navy; and, whether Her Majesty's Government are prepared to take into consideration such proposals, as making provision for the wives and orphans of those serving in the Navy?
§ SIR THOMAS BRASSEYIt is a question in which the Board have taken a great interest, and which has been specially brought to the notice of the First Lord by the Duke of Edinburgh; but there are some considerable difficulties connected with it, and I am not in a position to make any statement upon the subject.
§ SIR H. DRUMMOND WOLFFAre the Admiralty prepared to proceed with the consideration of the subject?
§ SIR THOMAS BRASSEYCertainly.