§ 61. Mr. PRIVETTasked the Secretary of State for Air whether, in connection with the appeal now being made by his Department for skilled mechanics, he will consider the transfer to the Air Force of the young 5th class engine-room artificers who are now being discharged from the Royal Navy after 4½ years' educational and mechanical training in H.M.S. 716 "Fisgard," and thus save the Exchequer from the heavy loss in the cost of their training?
§ Sir S. HOAREI would refer my hon. Friend to the reply given in the House yesterday by my right hon. Friend the First Lord of the Admiralty to a similar question by the hon. Member for Devon-port.