§ 17. Major OWEN (for Mr. HORE-BELISHA)asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he can arrange for one of the two B-class cruisers, which are to be built in His Majesty's dock yards, to be built at Devonport?
§ Lieut.-Colonel HEADLAMThe allocation of the two "B" class cruisers of the 1927 New Programme proposed to be built in His Majesty's dockyards is one to Portsmouth and one to Devonport.