HC Deb 28 November 1912 vol 44 cc1495-6W
Mr. YERBURGH

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether a considerable sum of money is due to many officers and men of the Royal Navy for captures of arms by His Majesty's ships in the Persian Gulf; whether some of the said captures date back as far as two and a half years; and whether the Admiralty will pay the moneys due without further delay?

Dr. MACNAMARA

The matter is still under consideration. More than one Department is concerned, and as any payments are a matter of discretion and not of right the question has necessitated a considerable amount of correspondence which has not yet been completed.