§ MR. EDMUND ROBERTSONI beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether the attention of the Admiralty has been called to the provision for eighteen additional submarine boats said to be contained in the new French naval programme; and whether there has been any modification in the policy of the Admiralty in this matter.
§ CAPTAIN PRETYMANThe provision of additional submarine boats in the new French naval programme has received the attention of the Admiralty. A statement will be made on the subject when the Estimates are laid before Parliament.
§ MR. EDMUND ROBERTSONHave any experiments been made or are any to be made by the Admiralty?
§ CAPTAIN PRETYMANI cannot say.