§ SIR BERKELEY SHEFFIELD (Lincolnshire, Brigg)To ask the Secretary to the Admiralty how many battleships and cruisers in the Home Fleet are fully manned; and if these ships are allowed the full allowance of ammunition for gun practice.
(Answered by Mr. Lambert.) In reply to the first part of the Question, six battleships, six armoured cruisers, and five other cruisers attached to the torpedo flotilla are fully manned. The reply to the second part of the Question is in the affirmative.