§ 63. Commander Locker-Lampsonasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he will cause enrolment forms for the Navy to be limited to a man's date and place of birth, to prevent illegitimacy leaking out through unnecessary details of parentage.
Mr. AlexanderBesides date and place of birth, it is necessary that the nationality of the recruit's parents should be recorded. No other information concerning a man's parents is recorded in his Service documents and illegitimacy could not be deduced or suspected from the entries on his engagement or attestation form.
§ Commander Locker-LampsonWhy should the names of the parents be given as they are not given in other forms required by the authorities.
Mr. AlexanderFrom the point of view of the Service it is essential that we should know what the nationality of the person is.