§ MR. BELLAIRSI beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty whether it is the intention of the Admiralty to lay down the ship at Pembroke, which has been officially described both as a mother ship for destroyers and as a scout, before Vote 8 of next year's Estimates is passed?
§ MR. EDMUND ROBERTSONIt is intended to lay down the ship referred to soon after the beginning of the next financial year, and, therefore, before the Estimates are brought on.
§ MR. BELLAIRSIs it intended to lay the ship down before Vote 8 is passed?
§ MR. EDMUND ROBERTSONI am told that Vote will not be taken till June or July and the ship will be laid down before that.