§ Rear-Admiral Beamishasked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he is aware that the Army and Royal Air Force have provided opportunities of reaching commissioned rank for sanitary inspectors joining those services; what prospects there are for naval ratings who are in civil life sanitary inspectors reaching commissioned rank in the Royal Navy; and if any particular naval rating selected by sanitary inspectors is helpful to this end.
Mr. AlexanderNaval ratings who are sanitary inspectors in civil life have the same opportunity of being recommended and selected for temporary executive, or other types of commission, as other ratings. They are not eligible for promotion to commissioned rank in respect of their qualifications as sanitary inspectors, since duties in connection with sanitation and hygiene are the responsibility of the Naval Medical Officers.