§ MR. BELLAIRSI beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty in reference to the official statement that the Admiralty have no record of a collision of a submarine on 21st August, 1906, so that such collision could not be included in the official Return, whether he will cause inquiries to be made into the alleged collision and subsequent beaching of this submarine.
§ MR. McKENNAThere is no record of the alleged collision, and there is no need for inquiry to be made.
MR. BELLATRSAre we to understand that the reports which appeared in the newspapers were merely hoaxes?
§ MR. McKENNAI have not seen the reports in the newspapers.