§ Sir R. Youngasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he is aware that certain deductions are made from the pay of engine-room artificer apprentices; that they and their parents are subject to the same rises in the cost of living as other members of His Majesty's Navy; that these apprentices have not received the recent increase in pay of 6d. a day, with the result that a feeling of discontent has been created; and will he explain why the increase to the lower ranks of all the Services was not given to them?
§ Sir V. WarrenderAs regards the first part of the Question I have nothing to add to the information I have already given to my hon. Friend on 24th April last. With regard to the second part of the Question, I made a full statement on the position in reply to a Question by the hon. Member for Central Portsmouth (Mr. R. Beaumont) on 16th October.