§ 7. Commander BELLAIRSasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty how many destroyers and submarines are building and how many projected in the British Empire and Japan, excluding vessels not yet sanctioned by Parliament?
§ Mr. AMMONThe British Empire has three destroyers (including flotilla leaders) building and two projected, and Japan eight building and 18 projected. As regards submarines the figures for the British Empire are seven building and none projected, and for Japan 11 building and 20 projected. I regret that in my reply of the 28th July to the Noble Lord the Member for South Battersea (Viscount Curzon) I stated incorrectly that the number of destroyers building for the British Empire was five. The correct figure is three, as stated above.
§ 8. Commander BELLAIRSasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty how many cruisers are building and how many projected in the British Empire and Japan, respectively, excluding vessels not yet sanctioned by Parliament?
§ Mr. AMMONThe figures for the British Empire are four building and five projected, and for Japan five building and six projected.