§ Mr. R. YOUNGasked the Secretary of State for War if he will consider the improvement in the position of Navy artificers under the recommendations of the Jerram Committee with a view to the improvement in eligibility for promotion of warrant and non-commissioned officers of the armament artificers section of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps by raising the age qualifying for examinations, seeing that many men cannot join the section before they are twenty-three owing to the fact that applicants must have been indentured apprentices, usually six years, and hold two science certificates?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLThe conditions of service, first appointment, etc., of inspectors of ordnance machinery, are now under consideration, and the question of the age limit qualifying them for examinations is one of the points under discussion.