§ MR. REGINALD LUCAS (Ports-mouth)To ask the Secretary to the
† See (4) Debates, cxxv., 1306.1585 Admiralty whether he can hold out hopes that some announcement concerning the petitions of dockyard employees will be made before the Appropriation Bill is introduced.(Answered by Mr. Arnold-Forster.) I am afraid I am not in a position to give a definite promise that the decisions on these questions will be announced by a particular date, but I hope that the announcement will at any rate be made before the House rises.