§ MR. E. H. LAMB (Rochester)To ask the Secretary to the Admiralty whether he is aware that there are now, and have been for years vacancies, at the top rates of pay in His Majesty's dockyards; and whether he can see his way to have such vacancies filled up without any further delay.
§ (Answered by Mr. Edmund Robertson.) I am not clear to what trade or trades my hon. friend refers, but it must frequently happen that there are vacancies in some of the classified trades at or near the maximum rates which remain unfilled in consequence of the provision in the Home Dockyard Regulations that as a condition of advancement in pay there must be eligible men from among whom the selection can be made.