§ Mr. Callaghanasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty the Government's policy about the future of the Naval Ordnance Inspection Department.
§ Mr. Wingfield DigbyI have nothing to add to the reply which I gave on 25th April to Questions by my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Horncastle (Commander Maitland) and my hon. Friend the Member for Edinburgh, West (Sir Ian Clark Hutchison).
§ Mr. Callaghanasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty the number of recruits to the Naval Ordnance Inspection Department during each of the years from 1946 onwards.
§ Mr. Wingfield DigbyThe number of recruits to the Naval Ordnance Inspection Pool since 1946 is as follows:
1946 … … … … 1 1947 … … … … 2 1948 … … … … 4 1949 … … … … 6 1950 … … … … 7 1951 … … … … 7 1952 … … … … 8 1953 … … … … 8 1954 … … … … 3 1955 … … … … 3