§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether, now that the establishment in the dockyards has been increased to one in six, provision can be made for a fuller promotion of second-class masters serving in tugs under the captain of Devonport Dockyard to first-class masters?
Mr. ALEXANDERThe answer is in the negative. Second-class masters of tugs in the Department of the Captain of the Dockyard at Devonport are already an established grade, and the question of the promotion of established employés is not affected by the transfer of hired men to the established list.