§ MR. FELL (Great Yarmouth)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty if the works at Rosyth are yet sufficiently advanced to be of any use to the large Fleet now assembled in the Firth of Forth.
§ MR. MCKENNAOnly preliminary works have yet been begun.
§ MR. MCKENNAThe hon. Member I fails to appreciate the fact that the contract has not even been let and no dockyard exists at Rosyth at the present moment.
§ MAJOR ANSTRUTHER-GRAY (St. Andrews Burghs)asked whether the right hon. Gentleman could not expedite the works.
§ MR. MCKENNAThe hon. Member seems to forget I have already informed the House that all expedition is being made.
§ MR. ASHLEY (Lancashire, Blackpool)asked if the right hon. Gentleman considered seven years for the preliminary works expeditious.
§ MR. MCKENNAIt is the same period the late Government thought desirable.
§ MR. FELLIs there any truth in the statement in the papers that the works will not be continued this year?
§ MR. MCKENNAI have not seen that statement.
§ *MR. LUPTON (Lincolnshire, Sleaford)Is not the Fleet getting on exceedingly well without this dockyard?
§ [No Answer was returned.]
§ MAJOR ANSTRUTHER-GRAYasked the reason of the delay in letting the contracts.
§ *MR. SPEAKERsaid the Question did not arise out of the Answer.