§ MR. BELLAIRS (Lynn Regis)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty 1297 whether his attention has been called to the fact that the new French naval programme for this year consists of six battleships of large dimensions; and that the German naval programme of two large battleships and two small cruisers has been augmented by the addition of one large armoured cruiser; and whether he has any official information showing that the six French battleships and one German armoured cruiser are additions to the programmes of the Powers since the Admiralty decided to reduce our last year's programme by one armoured cruiser, and framed this year's programme of four armoured vessels as announced in Lord Cawdor's statement of Admiralty policy.
§ MR. EDMUND ROBERTSONThe Answer is in the affirmative.