HC Deb 07 July 1937 vol 326 c324
10. Sir Nicholas Grattan-Doyle

asked First Lord of the Admiralty what steps his Department takes to train men, about to become time-expired, at the vocational centres in such a way as to enable them to be re-settled in civil life as chefs and skilled workers in the catering trades and private houses with well-paid permanent employment in situations usually filled by foreigners?

Mr. Cooper

Naval vocational training centres provide instructional courses in food and cookery, elementary cookery, butlering and valeting, and canteen work. I shall be glad to consider whether these courses can be extended to cover a wider field of employment.