§ 16. Rear-Admiral BEAMISHasked the First Lord of the Admiralty what is the total tonnage of warship construction which has been cancelled since 1st January, 1928, by each of the five Powers engaged in the Naval Conference?
Mr. ALEXANDERThe figure for the British Empire is approximately 66,000 tons, cancelled by His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom. No tonnage has been cancelled by the other Powers.
§ Rear-Admiral BEAMISHDoes it not show the utter futility of making gestures to other Powers who take not the slightest notice?
§ Mr. THORNESet them a good example.
§ 21. Mr. HORE-BELISHAasked the First Lord of the Admiralty what the reductions in the 1928–29 and the 1929–30 naval shipbuilding programmes mean in terms of reductions in naval personnel?
Mr. ALEXANDERThese reductions will have no effect on Vote A of 1930, and it is not possible to forecast accurately what the effect will be on the Vote in subsequent years.