§ MR. E. H. LAMB (Rochester)To ask the first Lord of the Admiralty whether it has been decided to give the work of converting the "Agincourt" or the "Ganges II." into a coal-hulk in Chatham Dockyard to seamen and marines of His Majesty's Navy; and, if so, whether, in view of the amount of unemployment in the neighbourhood, the Admiralty can see their way to reconsider this decision so that the work may be performed by local men.
(Answered by Mr. McKenna.) The reply to the first part of my hon. friend's Question is in the negative.