§ Sir C. KINLOCH-COOKEasked the First Lord of the Admiralty when the results or recommendations of the last Naval Welfare Committee will be made known; and whether he is aware that the lower deck of the Navy are handicapped in framing their proposals for the next Welfare Committee by lack of knowledge of the approval or otherwise of the claims put forward by the last Committee?
§ Mr. R. YOUNGasked the Secretary to the Admiralty whether any Report of the Lower Deck Welfare Committee is to be issued; and, if so, when it will be ready?
§ Sir J. CRAIGIt is hoped that the decisions of the Admiralty on the Report of the Welfare Committee will be promulgated to the fleet on some points within the next few weeks, but it will take some time longer before decisions can be given on the whole of the questions, which are very numerous and important, as was inevitable on the first occasion of setting up such a Committee. It is not thought that the inconvenience referred to by my friend the hon. Member for Devonport (Sir C. Kinloch-Cooke), which arises unavoidably from the great number of requests to be dealt with, will recur in future years.