Which naval debate stands out?
Short answerA 1906 Hansard sequence in which an MP repeatedly pressed unrelated discipline grievances on a committee established specifically to examine naval prisons.
NotesA Commons exchange preserved in Hansard concerns an MP who asks essentially the same question six times in about two weeks. He wants restrictions on leave, punishments, and lower-deck grievances included in a departmental inquiry. The committee's remit is specifically the possible adoption of military-detention practices in naval prisons, so McKenna repeatedly replies that those additional subjects are not germane. The exchange turns on whether a narrowly defined prison inquiry should also address wider naval discipline.