§ 44. Mr. POTTERasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether, seeing that the rearrangement of the accountant's and secretary's departments of the Admiralty will save no more than £8,000 a year, he will reconsider his decision and allow a committee of three Members of this House, to be nominated by the Economy Committees, to investigate the non-effective staff employed by the Admiralty?
The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the ADMIRALTY (Lord Stanley)No Sir, and I should like to point out that the reply to which the hon. Member refers did not state that this reorganisation would save no more than £8,000 a year, but that it would save at least £8,000 a year. This is only one of the directions in which economies are being sought.