§ MR. HAVELOCK WILSON (Middlesbrough)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty if he can state the number of men employed as stokers and trimmers in the Royal Navy in 1907; and how many cases of suicide, if any, occurred amongst those ratings in the same year.
§ THE FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY (Mr. MCKENNA,) Monmouthshire, N.The average number of stokers serving in the Royal Navy during 1907 was 30,228. There were three undoubted cases of suicide during the same period, and three others in which there was more or less suspicion of suicide, but the evidence was insufficient to enable a definite decision to be given.