§ Mr. R. Gibsonasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether the facilities for collecting contributions for hospital purposes by arrangement, by way of deduction from the pay of workers in the Admiralty service, will be available both to industrial and non-industrial workers; and when the machinery for taking such contributions will be put into operation at the Royal Naval Torpedo Factory, Greenock?
§ Colonel LlewellinAs regards the first part of the question, the scheme of deduction from pay for hospital purposes through a central organisation will be made available to non-industrials as well as to industrial workers. As regards the second part I would refer the hon. and learned Member to the reply given by the Financial Secretary to the Treasury on 16th March.