§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILL (Donegal, S.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty whether the naval authorities are aware that, in the official illustrated pamphlet "How to Join the Royal Navy," that can be obtained from the Secretary to the Admiralty, a recruiting officer, or at any post office, in which the career of a sailor is sketched, there is no mention of the fact that boys and youths under eighteen are liable for trivial offences triable summarily under the provisions of the King's Naval Regulations to twenty-four strokes of the birch, and to twelve strokes of a cane; and whether steps will be taken to rectify this omission in the pamphlet.
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE ADMIRALTY (Mr. PRETYMAN, Suffolk, Wood-bridge)The reply to the first part of the hon. Member's Question is Yes; to the second part, No.
§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLI will take care to supplement that this afternoon.