§ SIR GILBERT PARKER (Gravesend)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty what are the names of the six battleships to be withdrawn from the Channel, the Mediterranean, and the Atlantic fleets and added to the home fleet.
§ MR. EDMUND ROBERTSONAs the vessels in question will not be removed for some months it would be premature to give their names.
§ SIR HOWARD VINCENT (Sheffield, Central)Has not the right hon. Gentleman decided on the names?
§ MR. EDMUND ROBERTSONThe removal may not take place for months, and meantime there may be a change.
§ VISCOUNT TURNOUR (Sussex, Horsham)Will the right hon. Gentleman give the House the names some time before the removal.
§ *MR. BELLAIRSWill they be given before the adjournment of Parliament?
§ SIR GEORGE DOUGHTY (Great Grimsby)Why cannot the right hon. Gentleman answer the Question and give the names?
§ MR. EDMUND ROBERTSONI have answered the Question.
§ VISCOUNT TURNOURThe right hon. Gentleman has not answered my Question.
§ MR. EDMUND ROBERTSONI will give the names as soon as the Admiralty thinks I ought to.