§ MR. ARNOLD-FORSTER (Belfast, W.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty whether the six subaltern officers of the Royal Marines referred to in the last Return as available for duty at the Royal Marine Barracks, Chatham, during the week ending Saturday, 10th February, were actually doing duty in the barracks at that time; whether the 724 six officers referred to were available for duty on the same day, or on different days throughout the week; and whether the six officers named were Lieutenants or Sub-Lieutenants?
SIR U. KAY-SHUTTLEWORTHThe answers to the first paragraph and the first part of the second paragraph are "Yes." There are no Sub-Lieutenants in the Royal Marines.