§ 26. Captain Peter Macdonaldasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether he is yet in a position to state where any of the two flotillas of destroyers in the new building programme are to be constructed?
§ The Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty (Mr. Shakespeare)Tenders for the first of these flotillas are likely to be invited in the next few weeks. The allocation of the contracts will necessarily depend on consideration of the tenders when received.