Mr. T. WILSONasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether, when there is a reduction of the number of artisans employed in the Royal Dockyards, a corresponding reduction of the clerical and supervising staffs is made?
§ Mr. AMERYIt is not always possible to make immediate reductions of clerical and supervising staffs as the result of discharge of artisans, but such reductions are made as and when all the circumstances, including the numbers of workmen employed, enable this to be done.