§ MR. BELLAIRS (Lynn Regis)To ask the Secretary to the Admiralty whether the increased cost set down for the new cruisers of the "Invincible" class in the Navy Estimates is due to changes in the design; and whether there will be any delay in the completion of these vessels within the arranged period of two and a half years of the date of the contracts.
§ (Answered by Mr. Edmund Robertson.) There is no increase in the total cost of the three vessels of this class, and there is no reason to doubt they will be completed in the contract time.