§ Sir JOHN SPEARasked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he is aware that the civil clerical staffs in His Majesty's dockyards and other naval establishments have been excluded from participation in the war bonus recently granted to the civil employés under the Admiralty; and whether it is the intention to remove this inequality by granting the clerks and writers a bonus?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAThe question is now under consideration. I hope that an announcement of the decision in the matter will be made shortly.