§ 22. Mr. R. YOUNGasked the Secretary of State for War whether the consideration of the conditions of service of inspectors of ordnance machinery is yet completed; if so, what improvements are to take place to enable men to sit for examinations qualifying for promotion: what are to be the conditions of first appointment; and whether armament artificers of the, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, who are properly trained men, having served an indentured apprenticeship and holding two science certificates, are covered by any decisions arrived at?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLThis question is still under consideration.