§ 75. Mr. Dribergasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty if he is aware that Form S.272 is still displayed in its unrevised version at a naval establishment, of whose identity he has been informed; and if he will once more take steps to ensure that this form is displayed as amended more than 18 months ago in all His Majesty's ships and shore establishments and so stop the dissemination of misleading information regarding rights of communication with Members of Parliament and other methods of making re-presentations.
Mr. DugdaleI am grateful to my hon. Friend for calling my attention to this matter. I have ascertained that posters of the unrevised version of Form S.272 were being displayed in this establishment. They have now been amended, and action is being taken to ensure that all forms displayed on the station are of the revised type, and that those of the old style are destroyed.
Instructions are also being issued calling attention to Admiralty Fleet Order 3422/45, which provided for the display of the revised form so as to secure that the unrevised form is not being displayed in any other ship or establishment.
§ Mr. DribergWhile thanking my hon. Friend for that very satisfactory answer, 1964 may I ask him if he will consider revising the form further in the light of the important statement made today by the Minister without Portfolio?
§ Lieut.-Commander BraithwaiteCan the Parliamentary Secretary say whether the practice of reading these Regulations to ships' companies and divisions at regular intervals, quarterly, I think, is still being carried on?