§ Major HORE-BELISHAasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether he will institute a system of extra pay for those who have passed all necessary examinations for higher voting which they cannot hope to attain to owing to the stagnation in promotion, and thereby obviate the discouragement which is detrimental to the efficiency of the service?
§ Mr. AMMONProgressive pay is already in some instances dependent on passing for higher rating, but it is not proposed to extend the system. I must not be understood as agreeing that there is any general stagnation in advancement at the present time.