Viscountess ASTORasked the First Lord of the. Admiralty whether opportunity will be afforded for officers of various ranks and branches, promoted from the lower deck, to give evidence before the departmental committee which is investigating the question of promotion to officer rank?
Mr. ALEXANDERI would refer the Noble Lady to my reply of 30th October [OFFICIAL REPORT, Columns 216-18] to the hon. and gallant Member for Central Portsmouth (Captain W. G. Hall).