THE MARQUESS OF HAMILTONsaid, he would beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty, Whether it is the intention of the Admiralty to order a man-of-war to be stationed either in Lough Foyle or Lough Swilly during the ensuing summer months?
§ MR. CHILDERSsaid, in replying to the Question of the noble Lord, he would also answer a Question intended to be addressed to him by the hon. Member for Belfast on the subject of the stations of the Coastguard ships on the coast of Ireland. What he proposed was that after the summer cruise of the Reserve Fleet was over, one of the ships of that fleet should return for a few months either to Lough Foyle or Lough Swilly, and it was proposed to send the other ship usually stationed at Kingstown to Belfast for a few months, in accordance with a request which was made to him by the two Members for Belfast and the hon. Member for Carrickfergus.