HC Deb 20 March 1930 vol 236 c2111W
Sir N. GRATTAN-DOYLE

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty the duties of the engineer overseer in the Manchester and Liverpool district; and what work he is at present engaged in overseeing?

Mr. G. HALL

The Manchester and Liverpool district engineer overseer is responsible for, and is engaged upon, the inspection of all Admiralty machinery contract work in this district (which comprises Lancashire, part of Cheshire, and North Wales) other than the machinery for Admiralty vessels under construction by Messrs. Cammell Laird & Co., Birkenhead, for which a special officer is borne. In addition, the duties of the Admiralty engineer overseer include the inspection of:

Machinery sub-contracts for the R.I.M. Sloop "Hindustan."

Propelling machinery under construction for motor pinnaces for Air Ministry.