§ Sir CLEMENT KINLOCH-COOKEasked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he will state a date when establishment will be reopened in Devonport Dockyard; whether it is the intention of the Government permanently to diminish the number of men on the establishment in the yard; and, if so, to what extent the establishment is to be permanently diminished, specifying the exact diminution that is to take place in each class of workmen?
§ Mr. McKENNAThe question as to the manner in which each yard and class of workmen will be affected under the revised establishment is at present under consideration; instructions as to the re-opening of the establishment at all the yards will be issued as soon as practicable, but in the meantime it is not expedient to forecast those instructions.