§ Sir B. FALLEasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether, in view of the fact that there is a Manning Department at the Admiralty with a rear-admiral as director, arrangements can be made to do away with the Department of the Director of Naval Recruiting and for the recruiting duties to be undertaken by the Manning Department with staff officers at Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and a closer liaison with Army and Air Force recruiting officers?
Lord STANLEYThere is no overlapping between the duties of the Manning Department and the Naval Recruiting Department, and it is not considered that the absorption of the latter in the former Department would enable 1599W any reduction to be made in the total staff employed on those duties, or result in any increase of efficiency.