§ MR. BRAMSDON (Portsmouth)To ask the First Lord of the Admiralty whether, in view of the fact that officers' stewards and cooks have been granted the substantive rank of chief and petty officers, their Lordships have now under consideration the granting to this class of similar pensions to those of other chief and petty officers.
(Answered by Mr. McKenna.) This matter was fully considered at the time when the substantive rank was granted, and the Board of Admiralty did not feel themselves justified in incurring the heavy cost the proposal would entail.