§ MR. STAVELEY-HILL (Staffordshire, Kingswinford)To ask the Secretary to the Admiralty whether he will state the number of men now employed at each of the following places, Pembroke Dock, Portsmouth, Devonport, and Chatham, as compared with those employed on the same date in 1905.
(Answered by Mr. Edmund Robertson.) The following statement shows the numbers borne on the undermentioned dates—
| Yard. | Numbers borne. | |||
| 4th March, 1905. | 3rd March, 1906. | 2nd March, 1907. | 29th February, 1908. | |
| Portsmouth | 10,473 | 8,698 | 8,651 | 9,642 |
| Devonport | 9,055 | 7,256 | 7,774 | 7,955 |
| Chatham | 9,019 | 7,069 | 6,823 | 7,917 |
| Pembroke | 2,723 | 2,213 | 1,981 | 2,034 |
| 31,270 | 25,236 | 25,229 | 27,548 |