§ Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether any proposals are under consideration to enable lieutenants who have been mates to become eligible for promotion to the rank of lieutenant-commander at the same age as other executive officers, in view of the fact that under present conditions their age precludes them from reaching any higher rank than that of commander?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAPromotion to rank of lieut.-commander is by seniority and not by age. Officers promoted from the rank of mate are not precluded by age from reaching ranks above that of commander, and no alteration in present Regulations is contemplated.