§ MR. BENNTo ask the Secretary to the Admiralty whether lieutenants on the supplementary list are to be pensioned in the near future; and, if so, when; whether officers on the supplementary list are eligible for coastguard employment; and, if not, whether the Admiralty intend to offer those who are now thirty-five years of age, or thereabouts, any employment, such as in dockyards, surveying branch, or harbour service vessels.
(Answered by Mr. Pretyman.) No decision has been arrived at as regards the pensioning of these officers in the near future. Supplementary lieutenants are eligible for employment in the coastguard, for which they can be selected in the same manner as other lieutenants of the Royal Navy. Certain of these officers are employed in some of the posts mentioned.