HC Deb 10 August 1888 vol 330 c315
MR. LEATHAM BRIGHT (Stoke-upon-Trent)

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty, Whether it is correct, as stated in the Press, that the contract for the engines of H.M.S. Blake has been given out; whether the engines are to be built to a Government specification; and, whether the makers of the engines, building to a Government specification, take upon themselves absolute responsibility in regard to their efficiency in every particular?

SIR HERBERT MAXWELL (A LORD of the TREASURY) (Wigton)

(who replied) said: The information given by the Press as to the contract for the engines of Her Majesty's ship Blake, to which the hon. Gentleman alludes, is correct.