§ Mr. C. DUNCANasked on what date the last communication was sent from the Admiralty to the Treasury in connection with the staffing committee's report; and is there any prospect of a settlement before Christmas?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAThe last written communication was made from the Admiralty to the Treasury on the 28th January last. I hope the questions still at issue may shortly be settled, but I am not in a position to give the assurance asked for in the last part of the question.
§ Mr. C. DUNCANasked whether the recommendations of the Admiralty based on the staffing committee's report, which are favourable to the staff and which are not in need of Treasury concurrence, or which the Treasury have already agreed to, will be promulgated at once; and, if so, will be ante-dated to the date the original Admiralty proposals were made to the Treasury?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAAll the recommentions which were favourable to the staff, and agreed to by the Treasury, have already been promulgated, and antedated to the date on which they received Treasury sanction.