§ 135. Mr. Harrisonasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty what steps have been taken to implement the agreed arrangement that the wives of the Civil Service staffs, employed in His Majesty's dockyard, Singapore shall be permited to join their husbands.
Mr. DugdaleWe are sending to Singapore as quickly as possible all those families of Admiralty civilian employees at the Naval Base who are entitled to official passages. Difficulties have been caused by lack of accommodation at the Base itself, but even so we have now been able to send out over 80 per cent. of the families nominated, eligible and wishing to go.