§ MR. PIKE PEASE (Darlington)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty if the entire sum voted for the new entrance lock at Portsmouth during the year 1906–7 will be expended during the present financial year.
§ *MR. EDMUND ROBERTSONThe sum of £10,000 provided in Vote 10 for 1906–7 was a token sum taken to obtain Parliamentary approval of the scheme. As all the alternative plans considered by the Admiralty were open to serious objection, the question has now been referred to outside consulting engineers, whose Report has not yet been received. Only 1419 a small part of the amount voted is likely to be expended during the current year.