§ MR. FORWOODI beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty if he will furnish a statement, supplementary to the Navy Estimates, giving particulars of dimensions, speed, cost, and armament of the vessels proposed to be built or re- 1776 constructed, details as to which are not given in the Navy Estimates now before the House?
SIR U. KAY-SHUTTLEWORTHI have to-day laid on the Table a description of the two first-class battleships, Majestic and Magnificent. As I stated on July 28, in answer to a question of the noble Lord the Member for the Ealing Division of Middlesex (Lord G. Hamilton), the details of the design of the first-class cruisers have not yet been completed; but as full a description as practicable will be furnished before the Shipbuilding Vote is taken.
§ MR. FORWOODThe right hon. Gentleman has failed to answer my question. Is he aware that as to a large number of vessels proposed to be constructed or reconstructed no details appear in the Navy Estimates? Will he furnish those details? I will call attention to the cases of several of them.