§ MR. CHARLES ALLEN (Gloucestershire, Stroud)On behalf of the hon. Member for Leicester, I beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty whether foreign granite is still being used in the dockyard construction at Keyham; and, if not, where and by whose orders were the conditions as to the use of British granite only enforced upon the contractors.
§ * THE CIVIL LORD or THE ADMIRALTY (Mr. ARTHUR LEE,) Hampshire, FarehamPractically the whole of the granite required for Keyham Dockyard extension has already been supplied; a small portion, however, still remains to be fixed. I am not in a position to say how much of the portion not yet fixed is British, but I may say that, taking the contract as a whole, about two-thirds of the granite supplied is British, and one-third foreign. No alteration has been made in the terms of the contract as regards sources of supply of granite.