§ Sir T. BRAMSDONasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty the number of sick-berth ratings allowed to the complement of Haslar Hospital; the number of sick-berth ratings, excluding probationary sick-berth attendants borne; will he state the reason why the staff allowed to Haslar Hospital cannot be kept up to numbers irrespective of the number of probationers borne; and what steps he proposes to take in this matter?
§ Mr. AMMONThe answer to the first and second parts of the question are 156 in each case. The third and fourth parts do not therefore arise.