§ Mr. BELLAIRS (Lynn Regis)To ask the Secretary to the Admiralty, with reference to the thirteen Government docks and six Colonial and private docks in the British Empire that will take ships of the "Dreadnought" class, whether the Admiralty will give the corresponding figures for the docks that will take the "Lord Nelson" class, which are the immediate predecessors of the "Dreadnought."
(Answered by Mr. Edmund Robertson.) In addition to the thirteen Government docks and six Colonial and private docks in the British Empire which will take ships of the "Dreadnought" class, there are five other Government docks, two private docks in the United Kingdom, and two Colonial docks, which will take the "Lord Nelson" class. There are two other docks in the United Kingdom which might take either a "Dreadnought" or a "Lord Nelson," but the Admiralty have not sufficient information at the present time to say definitely; inquiries are being made.