§ Mr. MIDDLEMOREasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether the naval advisers of His Majesty's Government will again consider the desirability of substituting a heavier anti-torpedo armament for the three-pounder guns now carried in the armoured cruisers of the "Warrior" class; and, as that vessel is now undergoing refit, can the substitution be taken in hand at once?
§ Mr. McKENNAIt is not proposed to alter the armament of the "Warrior" class.
§ Mr. MIDDLEMOREIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that those three-pound popguns are laughed at universally throughout the Navy?
§ Mr. SPEAKERHon. Gentlemen cannot expect answers to questions put in that form.
§ Mr. MIDDLEMOREMay I say that—
§ Mr. SPEAKERI think the hon. Member had better consider his question a little more carefully.