§ Major HORE-BELISHAasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he has any record of the number of ex-apprentices who were discharged from the royal dockyards in the penultimate Conservative Administration; and, if so, will he give the figures in respect of each dockyard?
Mr. DAVIDSONI would refer the hon. and gallant Member to my reply of the 19th February last. No special record is kept of the number of ex-apprentices included amongst the workmen who are discharged. To give the figures asked for would involve a detailed examination of the discharges at all the dockyards.