MR. HART-DAVIE (Hackney, N.)To ask the Secretary to the Admiralty whether it is in contemplation to abolish. the existing armourer ratings; and whether, in the event of a new rating being established instead of the higher armourer ratings, the existing branch will be allowed to qualify for it, and no be debarred from the promotion which they were led to expect on entering the service.
(Answered by Mr. Edmund Robertson). No steps are being taken in the direction of abolishing the existing armourer ratings.