§ MR. HOWORTH (Salford, S.)I wish to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty whether there is any foundation for the statement that it is contemplated to hold a series of Naval Manœuvres on a very large scale in the vicinity of Gibraltar?
§ SIR J. FERGUSSONI am glad that my hon. Friend has asked this question. I am informed by the First Lord of the Admiralty, who has been obliged to leave the House, that the statement in question is entirely without foundation.