vocational training establishment of another, and they, therefore, recommend that the vocational training establishments conducted under the War Office should be made available for men of the other Services, and extended as necessary for this purpose, with consequent savings on the part of the Admiralty and Air Force. Question, That the Draft Report be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph, put and agreed to. Paragraphs (1) to (5) amended and agreed to. Paragraph (6): Question, That the paragraph stand part of the Report put and negatived. Paragraphs (7) to (10) amended and agreed to. Paragraph (11): Question, That the paragraph stand part of the Report put and negatived. Paragraphs (12) to (19) amended and agreed to. [Adjourned to Wednesday next at 11 o'clock. Question put, That the paragraph as amended be added to the Report. Paragraphs 26 and 27 amended and agreed to. Paragraph 28 agreed to. Paragraph 29 amended and agreed to. Paragraph 30. Question, That the paragraph be read a second time, put and negatived. Paragraphs 31 to 39 amended and agreed to. Paragraphs 40, 41 and 42. Question, That paragraphs 40, 41 and 42 be read a second time, put and negatived. Paragraphs 43 to 45 amended and agreed to. Paragraphs 46 and 47 agreed to. Paragraph 48. Question, That paragraph 48 be read a second time, put and negatived. Paragraph 49 amended and agreed to. (1) That the staff of the Air Force Stationery Stores should be reduced. (2) That in the case of the hospital services of the three fighting Services and the Ministry of Pensions, similar methods of costing should be adopted and medical forms standardised to facilitate a comparison of the relative cost of such hospitals. (3) That the question of the amalgamation of the naval and military hospitals at Malta, at Devonport and Plymouth, the two Air Force hospitals at Baghdad and the military hospital at Cosham with either Netley or Haslar should receive early consideration. (4) That the War Office civilian hospital at Chatham and the Ministry of Pensions hospital at Fernbank should be closed. (5) That the system of a Co-ordinating Committee of the three fighting Services and other Departments dealing with the allocation of oil contracts should be extended to coal and coke. (6) That the Office of Works should purchase all furniture for the Service Departments. (7) That all charges made by Government Departments for agency services should be reviewed by the Treasury at least once a year. (8) That a Co-Ordinating Sub-committee of the Contracts Committee should be formed and consulted before the disposal of the surplus stores of a Department. (9) That the permanent representation of the Contracts Co-ordinating Committee should be widened to include the Treasury, Post Office, Office of Works, etc. (10) That the system of works accounting in the fighting Services and the Office of Works should be made precisely similar. (11) That the Estimates of the Air Ministry should be more precise than they were at present. (12) That the Estimate of the Air Ministry for the staff of the new hospital at Halton should be reduced. (13) That the establishment for Recruiting in the Air Force should be reduced. (14) That the Vocational training establishments conducted by the War Office should be made available for men of the other Services. Amendments made. Summary of Recommendations agreed to. Appendix agreed to. Question, That this be the Report, as amended, of the Committee to the House put and agreed to. Ordered to Report with Minutes of Evidence and Appendices. [Adjourned till after the Recess. |