§ Mr. FALLEasked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he is aware that previous to September, 1914, first and second-class certificates for signal boatswains could be obtained by examination, but that at a second trial only second-class certificates could be given even though a man obtained first-class marks, while now, since September, 1914, a man who obtains a second-class certificate is allowed to sit again, and if he qualifies is given a first-class certificate; and if he will extend this new privilege to the half-dozen or so officers who obtained second-class certificates prior to 1914 if they should qualify for first-class certificates?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAThe answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. As regards the second part of the question, the decision referred to was arrived at after careful consideration and with a full knowledge of the merits of the officers referred to, and no reason is seen for altering the previous decision.