§ MR. FELL (Great Yarmouth)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty when it. is proposed to replace the two destroyers belonging to the flotilla at Malta which have been lost recently.
§ *MR. LAMBERTOnly one destroyer has been lost and this will not be replaced.
§ MR. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN (Wolverhampton, E.)Why is not the lost one to be replaced?
§ *MR. LAMBERTBecause in the opinion of the Admiralty it is not considered necessary.
§ MR. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAINWas it the intention of the Admiralty to bring it home from the Mediterranean before it was lost?
§ *MR. LAMBERTI cannot say.