§ Major HORE-BELISHAasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty the present position with regard to Item 27 of the 1922 Welfare Conference; if any changes in the system of promotion to warrant rank have been decided upon; what branches are affected; when will the changes be promulgated to the men of the Fleet; if no changes have yet been decided upon, in what branches is the consideration of the subject most advanced; and when is it anticipated that the decision in regard to those branches will be announced in accordance with the promise given in A.F.O. 1703 of the 26th June, 1923?
§ Mr. AMMONConsideration of this complicated question, which affects all branches of warrant officers, is now practically completed, and a Fleet Order on the subject will shortly be issued.