§ 9. Mr. SCANLANasked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he can state where it is proposed to establish the new national shipbuilding yards; what arrangements have been, or are proposed to be, made with the landlords for the lands proposed to be taken for the purposes of such yards; and who are the landlords?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAI would refer my hon. Friend to the replies which I gave to the hon. Members for Chippenham and Newcastle-under-Lyme on the 15th November, in which I stated that the new national shipyards are being constructed at Chepstow, Beachley, and Portbury, and that the land required has at present been taken over under the Defence of the Realm Regulations. It is intended that such land as is permanently required shall be purchased under the Defence of the Realm (Acquisition of Land) Act. No arrangements have yet been made with the landlords. I am sending my hon. Friend a list of the landlords who are affected.
§ Mr. WATTCan the right hon. Gentleman say whether the Committee that recommended these sites to the Admiralty consisted largely of Scottish shipbuilders?
§ Mr. JOYCECan the right hon. Gentleman see his way to place maps of these sites in the Tea Room for the convenience of Members?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAI will consider that.
§ Dr. MACNAMARAI imagine there is no objection to that, subject to my hon. Friend's (Mr. Scanlan) agreement. I will alter my promise to send them to him to an undertaking to issue the list with the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ [The following is a list of the Landlords referred to by Dr. Macnamara in the last paragraph of his reply.]
§ BEACHLEY.
§ A.N.S. Nos. 1 and 2.
§ Colonel Marling, V.C., C.B.
§ Mr. Curre.
§ Mrs. Saunders (who owns a cottage). The Standard Shipbuilding Company. The Chepstow Property Company. The Territorial Association.
§ Mrs. Anderson.
§ Mr. Hartland.
§ The Wye Fishery Association.
§ PORTBURY.
§ A.N.S. No. 3.
§ Mrs. Parnell.
§ Mrs. Mirehouse.
§ Miss Hall.
§ The De Winton Estate.
§ Miss Fry.
§ Mr. W. P. Bridgeman.
§ Lady Smyth.