asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty what percentage of naval ratings invalided during the year 1923 owing to tuberculosis was attributable to service and what percentage was considered to be not attributable to service.

I would refer the hon. Member to my reply of the 15th May, from which it will be seen that the percentages of attributable and non-attributable tuberculosis invalidings during the year in question were 2.1 and 97.9 respectively.