§ 20. Sir B. FALLEasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether first-aid dressing boxes are supplied for use in all departments and shops in His Majesty's Dockyard, Portsmouth; if so, whether a workman or workmen qualified in first-aid are available for service with these boxes; and, if not, whether, in view of the large number of men employed in the dockyard and the incidence of minor injuries, he will take steps to provide first-aid dressing boxes and qualified men?
Mr. DAVIDSONFirst-aid dressing boxes are kept available for use in all the principal workshops and departments of the Dockyard; and arrangements are made to ensure that as far as possible the services of any workmen qualified in first-aid work shall be utilised when occasion arises for recourse to the dressing boxes. As my hon. Friend was informed in answer to his question of 10th July, 1924, the present arrangements for dealing with accidents in the Dockyard are considered to be adequate.