§ MR. CLAUDE HAY (Shoreditch, Hoxton)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty what increase of expenditure since 1904–5 the present German Navy estimates represent; whether he can state the further increase for next year sanctioned under the German Navy Bill, 1906; and whether these sums allow for the further recent enlargement of the German programme for the purpose of increasing the dimensions and armaments of the German cruisers.
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE ADMIRALTY, (Mr. EDMUND ROBERTSON, Dundee)The hon. Member has himself indicated the sources from which alone the desired information can be obtained.