§ MR. JAMES HOPE (Sheffield, Brightside)To ask the Secretary to the Admiralty whether any orders have been given out in respect of the armour required for the cruisers authorised under the Estimates of the last financial year.
(Answered by Mr. Arnold-Forster.) No armour has yet been ordered for the cruisers referred to, but the tenders have been under consideration and the orders are now about to be placed.