§ Mr. GRETTONasked the First Lord of the Admiralty when he will be able to state which of the four additional armoured ships to be laid down on 1st April will be large armoured cruisers; and whether the delay in determining the class and character of the four additional armoured ships is due to difficulties of design or to questions of policy?
§ Mr. McKENNAI have nothing to add to the answer given to the hon. Gentleman on 4th October last.
§ Mr. GRETTONMay I ask whether the ships are to be laid down on 1st April or at some earlier date?
§ Mr. McKENNAThere has been no change in the policy of the Admiralty, which has already been expressed. The ships will be completed by 31st March, 1912. They will not be laid down earlier than has already been stated.