§ LORD CHARLES BERESFORD () WoolwichTo ask the Secretary to the Admiralty if the Sub-Committee, who have visited the ports in order to inquire into the question of the staff at the out-ports, with reference to filling up vacancies in the Naval Ordnance Store Department by the appointment of Naval Warrant Officers, have finished their investigations; and, if so, will he communicate to the House the nature of their Report.
(Answered by Mr. Arnold-Forster.) The consitution of the clerical staff at the Royal Naval Ordnance Depots has now been dealt with by the Sub-Committee referred to, but that of the storehouse and workshop staff at these depots is still under consideration, and I am unable at the present time to add anything to my previous replies on this subject.