§ SIR JOHN HAYasked the Secretary to the Admiralty, Whether any legislation will be undertaken to assure to William Bowles and G. Munden the pension to which they may be entitled, as suggested in letter F 4, page 141, of the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General, or what other steps will be taken to prevent these men from suffering prospective injustice from no fault of their own?
MR. CAMPBELL-BANNEEMANSir, the Correspondence appended to the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General shows that, in the opinion of the Admiralty, the two men named by the right hon. and gallant Admiral are 1606 placed, through no fault of their own, in a most unfortunate position. There are very serious objections to legislation on behalf of individuals; but we have reason to believe that these men will not ultimately be made to suffer on account of the omission that has been made in their case.