§ Sir T. BRAMSDONasked the Parliamentary Secretary, to the Admiralty if he will furnish a list of the occupations in civil life which the Admiralty consider afford pensioner ratings of the writer, victualling, naval cooks, regulating, sick berth, and artisan branches facilities for maintaining their naval professional efficiency in the event of their being required for naval service in an emergency; and whether any scheme of subsidising private firms exists for the purpose of obtaining preferential treatment in the matter of employment for the pensioner ratings mentioned above?
§ Mr. AMERYThe occupations are those in which the work is akin to that performed in the service ratings held by the men, and must be obvious to the hon. Member. The reply to the latter part of the question is in the negative.