§ VISCOUNT CASTLEREAGH (Maid-stone)I beg to ask the Prime Minister if it is proposed to follow the recommendations made by General Owen's Committee; and, if so, what is the nature of these recommendations.
§ THE PRIME MINISTER AND FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY (Sir H. CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN, Stirling Burghs)The recommendations of General Owen's Committee have been adopted with some modifications. It is manifestly impossible to make public the details of the armament of our fortified ports.
§ VISCOUNT CASTLEREAGHIs it advisable to attach much importance to the recommendations of inexperienced naval officers of very junior rank?
§ SIR H. CAMPBELL-BANNERMANI do not know the bearing of that Question; I must ask for notice.