§ Mr LUNNasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty if he will inquire into the reasons for the delay in granting the discharge of Private J. Edmundson, Royal Marines, H.M.S. "Vindictive," the discharge money of £48 having been paid in June, 1920, at Chatham; will he inquire why this man's parents can get no reply to letters addressed to the Admiralty on the matter; and will he see that the discharge certificate is issued immediately?
§ Sir J. CRAIGOwing to present requirements of the corps it is not possible to grant this man his discharge at the present time. It is not the fact that his parents received no reply to their letters. The reasons for not granting immediate discharge have been explained to them.