HC Deb 26 February 1908 vol 184 c1745
MR. BARNES (Glasgow, Blackfriars)

I beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty when it is proposed to report to this House the result of the mechanician experiment and its total cost to date, so that Members may have an opportunity of discussing the same.

THE SECRETARY TO THE ADMIRALTY (Mr. EDMUND ROBERTSON,) Dundee

This system is still in course of development, and the reports received on the mechanicians who have been drafted to sea have been satisfactory. It is not possible to separate the cost of training from other Naval services with which it is intimately connected.