5. Colonel Wheatleyasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty if he has now decided upon the scientific complement for the R.N.P.F.; what number of higher posts there will be; and from what date the staff will receive the new salary scales.
§ Mr. W. EdwardsAn interim post-war complement of chemists at the Royal Naval Propellant Factory, Caerwent, has been approved and the number of higher posts will be three. Scales of salary for these posts are under consideration.
Colonel WheatleyMay I ask the Minister when there will be any likelihood of putting an end to this very long drawn out affair which is under consideration? When will the end of this consideration come?
§ Mr. EdwardsI am very happy to be able to say that we have made what might be termed rapid progress during the last month or so, and I am hopeful that the end will come along very soon, but I cannot give a definite date.