§ MR. BILL (Staffordshire, Leek)To ask the Secretary to the Admiralty whether the Admiralty have taken into 1365 consideration the report of Admiral Rawson, dated 30th March, 1901, with reference to the harbour works of Gibraltar; and whether it is their intention to carry that report into effect, so far as regards the provision of a dock on the east side of the rock.
(Answered by Mr. Arthur Lee.) The reply to the first part of the hon. Member's Question is in the affirmative. As regards the latter part of the Question, the Board of Admiralty decided, after full consideration of the report referred to, and of the further report by Captain T. H. Tizard, C. B., F. R. S., R. N., and Mr. William Shield, M. I. C. E., F. R. S. E., that the advantages to be gained by the construction of a dock and harbour on the eastern side of the rock were not sufficient to justify the expense that would thereby be incurred.