HC Deb 23 July 1925 vol 186 cc2436-7W
Major HORE-BELISHA

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he has now completed his inquiries into the com- plaint of the English ratings of the Royal Navy who, when undergoing treatment at the Royal Naval Hospital, Simonstown, South Africa, state that they were accommodated in the same ward as Kroomen, and that on several occasions they had to give up their beds to Kroomen when they had been admitted to the hospital for treatment; and whether he will now say if ho has found it possible to arrange that English ratings should have separate wards?

Mr. DAVIDSON

I will let the hon. Member know as soon as the inquiries have been completed.