HC Deb 31 March 1926 vol 193 c2014
15. Colonel DAY

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty to state what action is being taken or contemplated to provide housing accommodation at Devonport for the established men and families transferred to that dockyard from Rosyth and Pembroke?

The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the ADMIRALTY (Mr. Davidson)

I would refer the hon. Member to my reply of the 22nd March to the bon. Member for Devonport (Mr. Hore-Belisha)—[OFFICIAL REPORT, columns 872–3]—and to the statements made by my right hon. Friend the First Lord during the course of the recent Debate on the Report of Navy Estimates —[OFFICIAL REPORT, 22nd March, columns 940–41 and column 966].

Colonel DAY

Could the hon. Gentleman say how many men it is proposed to transfer from Pembroke and Rosyth?

Mr. DAVIDSON

Between 450 and 500.