§ LIEUTENANT - COLONEL PHILIPPS (Southampton)To ask the Secretary to the Admiralty whether the Admiralty contemplate erecting a new set of sheers at one of the Royal dockyards; and, if so, whether the contract for the same will be submitted for public tender.
(Answered by Mr. Edmund Robertson.) It is not in contemplation to erect new sheers at any of the Home dockyards. A new set of 100-ton sheers has been ordered for Gibraltar Yard, and will shortly be erected there. It is proposed to erect a set of 100-ton sheers at the Hong - Kong Yard extension, and to invite tenders for the supply and erection of these sheers from firms on the Admiralty list, i.e., from those who are fully competent to carry out such a contract.