§ MR. WEIRI beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty, having regard to the fact that prior to 1st April, 1906, second class Royal Naval Reserve men
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§ were allowed to re-enrol for periods of five years up to the age of forty-five, will he consider the expediency of having the new rule so amended as to admit of the re-enrolment, in periods of five years, up to the age of forty-five of all men who were in the second class of the Royal Naval Reserve at the time the new rule came into force.
§ MR. EDMUND ROBERTSONMy hon. friend refers to the case of second class Royal Naval Reserve men who, on 1st April, 1906, had reached the age of thirty five without qualifying for advancement. The rule excluding such men from re-enrolment has been well considered, and no reason is seen for amending it.