§ MR. BARNES (Kent, Faversham)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty when the new naval barracks at Sheerness will be commenced, and what 220 steps have been taken with regard to them since the issue of his Statement explanatory of the Navy Estimates, 1898–1899 (dated 3rd March, 1898), in which it was stated that the plans had been, completed?
§ MR. A. CHAMBERLAINSome very important questions relating to these barracks are under consideration, and I regret that I can make no statement with regard to them at the present moment in reply to the natural anxiety of my honourable Friend, who has displayed much interest in the subject.