§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he can see his way in future to give at least 50 per cent. of the construction of ships to Government dockyards?
§ Lieut.-Colonel HEADLAMIt is not possible to undertake in advance to allocate an arbitrary proportion of new construction to the dockyards.
§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAasked the First Lord of the Admiralty what orders have recently been given for the laying down of ships in the shipbuilding programme of the last two years specifying the names of the ships, the year they appear in the Navy Estimates, and the firms or Royal dock-yards to which they have been allocated?
§ Lieut.-Colonel HEADLAMThe orders for the shipbuilding programme of 1928 have not yet been placed. The particu- 1769W lars of the placing of the orders for the 1926 and 1927 programmes are as follow:
Navy Estimates, 1926. Type of Vessel. Name of Vessel. Where Building. Cruiser Dorsetshire Portsmouth. Cruiser Norfolk Fairfield. Cruiser York Palmers. Submarine Odin Chatham. Submarine Osiris Vickers. Submarine Oswald Vickers. Submarine Otus Vickers. Submarine Olympus Beardmore. Submarine Orpheus Beardmore. Submarine Depot Ship. Medway Vickers. Repair Ship Resource Vickers.
Navy Estimates, 1927. Cruiser Exeter Devonport. Leader Codrington Swan, Hunter, Wigham Richardson. Destroyer Acasta John Brown. Destroyer Achates John Brown. Destroyer Active Hawthorn Leslie. Destroyer Antelope Hawthorn Leslie. Destroyer Anthony Scotts Shipbuilding Company. Destroyer Ardent Scotts Shipbuilding Company. Destroyer Arrow Vickers-Armstrongs. Destroyer Acheron Parsons and Thornycroft. Submarine Parthian Chatham. Submarine Perseus Vickers-Armstrongs. Submarine Poseidon Vickers-Armstrongs. Submarine Proteus Vickers-Armstrongs. Submarine Pandora Vickers-Armstrongs. Submarine Phœnix Cammell Laird. Minesweeper Bridgewater Hawthorn Leslie. Minesweeper Sandwich Hawthorn Leslie.