HC Deb 19 February 1930 vol 235 c1356
30. Mr. HORE-BELISHA

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty when it is intended to lay down the new cruiser which is to be built in Devonport dockyard?

The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the ADMIRALTY (Mr. Ammon)

Instructions to Devonport dockyard have already been issued that the new cruiser is to be built there and the work will now take its normal course. The actual date of laying down the keel cannot be stated at present.