98. Viscountess ASTORasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether it is intended to retain in employment those apprentices in training in the Plymouth dockyards whose period of apprenticeship terminates in August?
§ Commander EYRES-MONSELLThe apprentices in some trades will be retained, but I am afraid that it will be necessary to dispense with the services of those in other trades for the purpose of effecting adjustments in the numbers of the various trades. In all cases, however, the men whose services are redundant will be retained for one month as journeymen.