§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAasked the First Lord of the Admiralty how many vacancies there have been in the establishment in each of the past five years in each of His Majesty's dockyards, respectively?
Mr. ALEXANDERThe numbers are:
period (1st to 22nd August) for the sick-berth staff of the Royal Naval Hospital, Plymouth; and whether, seeing that, owing to shortage of labour, some of the staff will have to be continuously on duty for 13½ hours per day with a possibility 537W of a further four hours' night watch in the event of an accident or serious case being received in the hospital, he will consider whether better arrangements can be made?
§ Mr. AMMONOwing to the exigencies of Fleet requirements, the sick berth staff of the Royal Naval Hospital, Plymouth, is temporarily short of the authorised numbers. It is also inevitable that during long leave extra work falls on ratings who are not on leave, but no member of the staff is continuously on duty for as long as 13½ hours.