§ Lord C. BERESFORDasked the First Lord of the Admiralty if the Board can see their way to improve the rates of pay and prospects of the sick berth staff of the Navy?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAImprovements were made in the conditions of service of the sick berth staff as regards pay and advancement in 1911, as a result of the Report of the Committee on the Naval Medical Service, and they also shared in the general increase of pay in 1912. It is not in contemplation to make any general change in the conditions of service of the sick berth staff, which, as indicated, have already been carefully considered and considerably improved in recent years; but particular points will, as they arise from time to time, be fully gone into.