HC Deb 17 March 1879 vol 244 c1037
MR. SAMUDA

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty, If he will lay upon the Table of the House, before the Navy Estimates are again taken, a Statement showing in detail the programme of the work in the dockyards and by contract, as promised last year, and the actual amount of work that has been performed on each ship?

MR. W. H. SMITH

The Return the hon. Gentleman alludes to shall be laid upon the Table of the House as soon after the end of the financial year as possible, and before further Votes are taken.