§ MR. SYDNEY BUXTON (Tower Hamlets, Poplar)To ask the Secretary to the Admiralty if he will explain why the repairs on the "Crescent," which for the last five weeks has been in the wet dock at Victoria Docks, have not yet been begun.
(Answered by Mr. Arnold-Forster.) Instructions were given on the 30th April to proceed with the work on the "Crescent." It appears that owing to pressure of work there was a slight delay in completing the particulars of the repairs to be undertaken on the ship, and before these were received operations could not be commenced. The delay is to be regretted, but work will now proceed without interference.