§ Mr. WHELERasked whether the right hon. Gentleman is now in the position to state if improved travelling facilities by boat can be granted to Sheerness liberty men who, in the course of their employment, have to travel to and from Chatham?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAI have made inquiry, and I am of the opinion that the present facilities are adequate.
§ Mr. WHELERIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that these men have to travel the whole distance without any cover at all in stormy weather?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAThe boat in the morning accommodates seventy men, and I understand the number carried has exceeded thirty on only twenty - two occasions in five months. The Chatham, boat can accommodate 250.