§ Mr. W. P. BYLESI beg to ask the right hon. Gentleman the Prime Minister a question of which I have given him private notice. Is there any justification for the confident statements that are being made in the Press that the Government has now resolved to proceed with the four contingent "Dreadnoughts" in the current year, and, if so, would he communicate to the House the new evidence which has led to that important decision?
§ The PRIME MINISTERAs I said a few moments ago, in answer to a question from the other side, the Government have nothing to add to their previous statement. Anything which may have appeared in the Press is nothing but conjecture.