§ MR. MITCHELL-THOMSON (Lanarkshire, N.W.)To ask the First Lord of the Admiralty, whether the repairs to be undertaken during the winter are to be confined to vessels requiring repairs in the nature of an extensive refit.
(Answered by Mr. McKenna.) The repairs will not necessarily be confined to any particular class of work, but will be arranged with relation to the degree of urgency and importance of the respective ships.
§ MR. MITCHELL-THOMSONTo ask the First Lord of the Admiralty, whether he will state the names of the vessels upon which repairs are to be undertaken during the winter, which have not already appeared in the Estimates.
(Answered by Mr. McKenna.) It is not the present intention to commence during the coming winter large repairs to any ship whose name has not appeared in the Navy Estimates for the current year.