§ Mr. DOUGLAS HALLasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he is aware that inconvenience and expense are caused to a number of bluejackets and warrant officers of His Majesty's Navy by reason of the fact that liberty men from His Majesty's ships lying at Spithead are always landed at Portsmouth; and whether, in view of the fact that a number -of these men have their homes in the Isle of Wight, he will cause instructions to be issued whereby liberty men desiring to go to the Isle of Wight shall be landed at Ryde?
§ Mr. McKENNA:Such arrangements for the convenience of the liberty men as service requirements admit of are made by the local officers, and it is undesirable for the Admiralty to interfere with their discretion in the matter. It is improbable that special arrangements could be made to land men at Ryde as well as at Portsmouth.