§ 22. Rear-Admiral BEAMISHasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether the decision that the Report on the battle of Jutland, commonly known as the Harper Report, is not to be published can, in view of the uncertainties in the public mind, be reversed?
§ Lieut.-Colonel HEADLAMOwing to misconceptions which appear to exist as to the scope and nature of the work to which my hon. and gallant Friend refers, it has been decided to issue what was known as the Official Record of the Battle of Jutland. This record was compiled by Rear-Admiral (then Captain) Harper and four other officers.
§ Rear-Admiral BEAMISHWill the narrative by Rear-Admiral Harper be in the same terms as those originally laid before the Board of Admiralty?
§ Lieut.-Colonel HEADLAMIt will be in the same terms as were approved by the Board of Admiralty.
§ Mr. AMMONWhen the hon. and gallant Gentleman says "official statement," does he mean the one that has already been issued, published in 1924?
§ Lieut.-Colonel HEADLAMIt means the Harper report.