§ MR. HART-DAVIES (Hackney, N.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty whether his attention has been called to the practice in the Navy of officers spending their own private funds on decorating and painting His Majesty's ships of war; and whether he will take steps to discourage this practice as much as possible, or cause it to be discontinued altogether.
§ MR. EDMUND ROBERTSONThere is no necessity for this practice, and the Admiralty are most anxious to discourage it as much as possible.
§ MR. HART-DAVIESWill an Order be issued on the point?
§ MR. EDMUND ROBERTSONI will consider that.