Former MP for Down Mid
The amount of prize money authorised for payment to members of the naval forces to date is approximately £4,750,000. A sum of £7,500,000 has so far been received for the Naval Prize Fund, but it cannot be stated how much more than the original appropriation of £5,500,000 will be available for further distribution, until the various Prize Court accounts are cleared up, and the total amount...
I will consider what can be done in that matter.
The boats in question have already been disposed of by sale and are no longer the property of the Admiralty.
The answer to the first part of the question is in the negative. As regards the second part, the figures are as follow: 1924. Great Britain. U.S.A. Japan. 1 18 8 1925. Great Britain. US.A. Japan. 1 18 11
I have no information on that point.
The agreement to which my hon. Friend refers is not applicable to the labourers in question. The labourers employed at Peterhead are paid not less than the district rate.
My answer here does not apply to the labourers in question. The labourers employed there are paid not less than the district rate.
All that I can say is that I gather that the hon. and gallant Gentleman is anxious to have some statement of the Estimates for the coming year. May I remind him and the House that probably on Wednesday week the Estimates will be introduced in the ordinary way. After the preliminary of moving Mr. Speaker out of the Chair, the customary statement will be made, and under these circumstances my...
