§ Mr. TICKLERasked the Financial Secretary to the Admiralty if his attention has been called to the services rendered by the mine sweeper "Solon," No. 55, to the steamship "Gallier," which had struck a mine off Scarborough on the night of 25th December last; that the skipper, T. Trengall, R.N.R., has been awarded the D.S.O. for approaching this vessel through a mine-field at great risk; and whether he cannot see his way clear to recognise the services of at any rate some of the crew, who risked their lives so freely and ungrudgingly, as this has already been done in another case?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAI have only just received the hon. Member's question, and I have not had time to make due inquiry. I will do so and communicate with the hon. Member at once.