§ SIR E. HARLAND (Belfast, N.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty if there were in H. M. S. Victoria any watertight doors through the athwartship bulkheads, between the engines, the boilers, and holds fore and aft; and, if so, will he have them shown on the plan in the Tea Room in the way such doors are already shown through other bulkheads; and if the question of 1154 construction and distribution of her principal bulkheads, and the manipulation of such doors, as well as those in H. M. S. Camperdown, will be thoroughly investigated in this country as soon as possible, and in which independent outside authorities will be invited to join?
SIR U. KAY-SHUTTLEWORTHThere are watertight doors through the athwartship bulkheads between the engines, the boilers, and the holds next before the forward boiler rooms. They were inadvertently omitted from the plan, a copy of which is in the Tea Room, but have been added to that copy to-day. As to the second question, no answer can be given pending the completion of the Court Martial.