§ 17. Mr. HORE-BELISHAasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he 1391 is aware that under the recent Admiralty reductions of pay for the Royal Navy Shore Signal Service, petty officers now transferring from the Royal Navy to this branch receive 1s. per day less than those men already in the Shore Signal Service; and whether, in view of the fact that those petty officers are all fully qualified and trained men, they will be paid the same scale as that laid down in Admiralty Fleet Order 1689/25?
Mr. DAVIDSONThe hon. Member is, I think, under a misapprehension. Petty officers do not transfer from the Royal Navy to petty officer (Shore Signal Service). The Royal Navy Shore Signal Service is recruited from pensioner signal ratings who enter as signalman (Shore Signal Service).