§ Sir T. BRAMSDONasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether he is aware that Admiralty Monthly Order 554/21 does not merely regularise a custom which had up to the issue of the order no official sanction, but is the authority for petty officers to wear white woollen gloves in addition to chief petty officers?
§ Mr. AMERYThe petty officers who are permitted by Monthly Order 554/21 to wear white woollen gloves, are those who have served in that rating four years or more and whose uniform, except in respect of badges, is now similar to that of chief petty officers. As far as the actual chief petty officers themselves are concerned, the position in this matter is as stated in the replies to previous questions.