§ 69. Sir Leonard Lyleasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he can make any statement on the output of Allied destroyers to replace losses.
§ The Financial Secretary to the Admiralty (Mr. J. P. L. Thomas)While it is, of course, impossible, for security reasons, to give exact figures, I can assure my hon. Friend that new building of destroyers by the Allies has far exceeded their losses.