§ Lieut. - Commander KENWORTHYasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he will consider granting the long service and good conduct medal to the men of the Royal Navy who have served over twenty years in the Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Reserve, combined, and who have been of good conduct during that time and 1799W have served in the War, in view of the fact that this medal is granted under similar circumstances to men of the Royal Naval Reserve and the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve?
§ Dr. MACNAMARARoyal Fleet Reservists, who, during the War, have been able to show the qualifying period of fifteen years' active service (including mobilised time) with continuous V.G. character, have been awarded the Royal Navy Good Conduct Medal under the ordinary rules. Peace reserve conditions, however, are obviously not equivalent to service in. the Royal Navy, and it is undesirable that such time should reckon for the Royal Navy decoration and the pecuniary advantages attached thereto.