§ Sir PHILIP RICHARDSONasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether an officer lent to a Dominion Government 919 and ordered to proceed to the Dominion to act for that Government in a consultative capacity counts his service there in all respects as if still serving with the Imperial Navy, so far as seniority and pension or widows' pension are concerned?
Mr. DAVIDSONSo far as officers lent to Dominion navies are concerned the answer is in the affirmative. Where, however, officers are lent to a Dominion Government the circumstances of each case must be taken into account, and I cannot therefore make any definite statement of a general character.