HC Deb 08 May 1918 vol 105 c2173W
Mr. HOHLER

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he will keep open the places of the yard boys and apprentices released from Chatham Dockyard for naval or military service?

Mr. PRETYMAN

So far as apprentices are concerned, an undertaking has been given that service with the military forces will be reckoned as part of the apprenticeship. The yard boys and apprentices will be reinstated after the War.