§ 17. Mr. RALPH BEAUMONTasked the First Lord of the Admiralty what progress has been made with the ships of the 1929 naval construction programme?
Lord STANLEYNormal progress has been made on all the vessels of the 1929 programme. Three sloops and a tender to the Mining School have been completed and the remainder are expected to be completed in the next 12 months. Full and detailed particulars will be included in the printed statement to accompany the Navy Estimates, which will be issued in about a week's time.