§ MR. PENN (Lewisham)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty whether the tpye of boiler to be fitted in the six armoured cruisers to be laid down in the next financial year will be settled before the further Report of the Boiler Committee is laid upon the Table, and before Vote 8 in the Navy Estimates is taken.
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE ADMIRALTY (Mr. ARNOLD-FORSTER, Belfast, W.)No final conclusion has been come to with respect to the type of boilers to be fitted in the six armoured cruisers referred to in the Question. I do not know when Vote 8 will be taken, but I hope a 1279 decision will have been arrived at with respect to the boilers before the discussion on that Vote takes place.
§ *SIR CHARLES DILKE (Gloucester - shire, Forest of Dean)Are the six cruisers to be laid down in the next financial year, as stated in the Question, or partly in this year?
§ MR. ARNOLD-FORSTERThat is an error in the Question.