§ Mr. MIDDLEMOREasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether, inasmuch as on Good Friday last four battleships of the Atlantic Fleet were lying in Dover Harbour with but one attendant second-class cruiser and with no destroyers or smaller craft suitable for patrol duties, he will take steps to provide boom defence of any description for the harbour in question?
§ The FIRST LORD of the ADMIRALTY (Mr. McKenna)Sufficient precautions can be taken, pending completion of the Dover harbour works, to obviate the necessity for any such immediate provision.
§ Mr. MIDDLEMOREMay I ask the right hon. Gentleman whether he admits the accuracy of the statements contained in my question?
§ Mr. McKENNAYes, I believe the statement is quite true.