HC Deb 24 July 1907 vol 178 cc1597-8
MR. LEA

I beg to ask the Prime Minister whether, having in view all the facts of the case and that the action of the works manager of the Ayrshire † See(4) Debates, clxxviii,1358 Foundry Company in reporting to the Admiralty that it had been supplied with a defective rudder for the battleship "King Edward VII" had probably saved the country from a naval disaster of a national character, he could see his way to recommend a money grant to this man.

SIR H. CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN

I have nothing to add to the Answer given by my right hon. friend the Secretary to the Admiralty to a similar Question on the 17th of this month.‡

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