§ Mr. ERNEST LAMBasked the First Lord of the Admiralty, in view of the length of time the petition of the dock yard writers has been in the hands of the Admiralty—i.e., since January, 1908—and as by Admiralty orders these writers are restricted from petitioning further until one month after the present petition has been answered, whether such portions of the Report of the Admiralty Committee as relate to the petition of the writers can be issued at once without waiting for the matter relating to the departmental reorganisation if the latter is the cause of the delay in issuing the whole of the Committee's Report?
§ Mr. McKENNAIt is regretted that it is not yet possible to announce a decision on the Report of the Committee.