§ Mr. YERBURGHasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether next year Germany will have added a squadron of eight 1457W battleships to their fleet in full commission, thus bringing its total strength up to twenty-live battleships, and whether, in view of our responsibilities and obligations in the Mediterranean, the Admiralty will then be in a position to maintain a sufficient superiority of fully commissioned battleships in the North Sea; and what such margin of superiority will be?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLNo official information has been received as to the dates on which any further increases will take place or the total number be attained.