§ 65. Major Sir BERTRAM FALLEasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether he is aware that the port establishment numbers of chief mechanicians and chief shipwrights do not admit of these ratings having the spells of home and harbour service authorised for all ratings by the drafting regulations; and whether anything will be done to remedy this state of affairs?
The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the ADMIRALTY (Mr. Davidson)The reply to the first part of the question is in the negative, and the second part does not therefore arise.