§ Mr. R. YOUNGasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether the members of the engine-room artificer and electrical artificer classes who appeared before the Jerram Committee requested that more opportunities be given to the engine-room artificer and electrical artificer classes for promotion to the higher ranks, as at present the promotions given are regarded as being inadequate to encourage men serving in these classes?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAThe requests of the engine-room artificers were based on toeing made officers on entry, and no mention, so far as I know, was made of improved facilities for promotion to higher ranks. Electrical artificers put forward a request that promotion to higher rank through the rank of mate should be open to them. The whole question of advancement in this branch, and also in the new Ordnance Artificer Branch, is under consideration.