§ MR. KEARLEY(Devonport): To ask the Civil Lord of the Admiralty whether any decision has been arrived at with regard to the pay and status of plumbers and plumbers' mates serving in the Royal Navy who have received no increase in their pay for thirty-five years, notwithstanding that the pay of plumbers of the Royal Dockyards has advanced in the same period from 24s. to 32s. 6d. per week.
((Answered by Mr. Pretymau.) Nothing is known of any proposal to improve the pay and status of plumbers and plumbers' mates serving in the Fleet.