§ Sir CLEMENT KINLOCH - COOKEasked whether, on mobilisation, officers of the Royal Marines are to be appointed to His Majesty's ships in lieu of officers of the Royal Naval Reserve; whether he will consider the advisability of abandoning such a course in view of its being prejudical to the best interests of the Service; and whether, in the event of officers of the Royal Marines being so appointed, he will state what their duties would be?
§ Mr. McKENNAIt is not in the public interest to give information as to the manning arrangements of ships of His Majesty's Fleet on mobilisation.