MR. J. F. HOPE (Sheffield, Bright-side)To ask the Secretary to the Admiralty whether the tenders for the armoured cruisers of this year's Naval Programme have yet been issued; and whether any fresh reason for delay has arisen since his last statement on the subject.
(Answered by Mr. Arnold-Forster.) The tenders for the armoured cruisers of the 1903–4 programme were issued on the 21st instant.