§ MR. BRAMSDON (Portsmouth)To ask the Secretary to the Admiralty when it is expected the reply to the petitions of the dockyards' writers will be communicated; and, seeing that no definite reply has been made to their petitions for over three years while those of other dockyard employees have been answered annually, whether some information as regards the intentions of the Admiralty towards the writers can be given forthwith.
§ (Answered by Mr. Edmund Robertson.) The inquiry into the petitions of the dockyard writers has been concluded. The orders to the dockyards are now being prepared, and it is anticipated they will be isued in a few days.