§ MR. MIDDLEMORE (Birmingham, N.)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he will state the number of submarines built or building 1562 for the French, German, and British Navies.
§ THE FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY (Mr. MCKENNA,) Monmouthshire, N.According to statements published in the respective countries, the numbers are—France built, forty-nine; building and projected, fifty-six. Germany built, two, building and projected, ten. For England the number of submarines built is forty-five; for those building and projected I am not prepared to give the figures.