Mr. T. WILSONasked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he is aware that a number of reserve sick-berth attendants at the Royal Naval Hospital, Bighi, Malta, have not had any leave for over two and a-half years and that they were given to understand that they would not be required to serve more than two and a-half years without leave; and whether he will have the case of these men considered?
§ Dr. MACNAMARASteps have already been taken to bring home all Reserve ratings from Malta Hospital who have been out over two and a-half years, with a view to demobilising them. This will release thirty-three out of forty-one sick-berth reserve ratings now in the Royal Naval Hospital, Malta.
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