§ MR. E. H. LAMB (Rochester)To ask the First Lord of the Admiralty whether orders have been issued for H.M.S. "Inflexible" to leave England for Gibraltar on 20th December; and, if so, whether, consistently with the national interests and without interfering with the requirements of the service, such departure could be postponed for a few days, in order to enable the officers and men to spend Christmas at home.
(Answered by Mr. McKenna.) H.M.S. "Inflexible" will not leave England until after the New Year.