§ Sir T. BRAMSDONasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether, as no mention is made in Admiralty Monthly Order, No. 2359 of 1920, Welfare Requests, 1919, of a request being advanced by the men for chief petty officers to be allowed to wear white woollen gloves, he will state why this request was omitted from the list published for the 1895W information of the lower deck; whether there are any other requests advanced by the men which have been similarly treated; and is he aware that white woollen gloves were authorised in the naval uniform regulations of 1901 as an optional article of kit for chief petty officers?
§ Mr. AMERYWith regard to the first part of the question there was no omission in the published list, white woollen gloves being covered by General Request No. 50: "Dress of chief petty officers to be altered." The second part of the question does not arise. The answer to the third part of the question is in the affirmative; and as my predecessor informed the hon. Member on the 22nd March, white woollen gloves have again been added to the optional kit of chief petty officers as the result of a request to the Welfare Committee.