§ Mr. WIGNALLasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty what was the excess of the cost of H.M.S. "Durban," completed at Devonport, over her first estimate; what was the excess cost of H.M.S. "Dispatch" over her first estimate; what was the excess 1065W cost of the oiler "Olna" over her first estimate; and how do these figures compare with the excess over first estimates of the ships "Capetown" and "Oleander," built at Pembroke?
§ Mr. AMERYThe answer to the first part of the question is £77,000, to the second £118,000, and to the third £10,000. As regards the last part, I would refer the hon. Member to the reply of the 28th June to the Noble and gallant Member for South Battersea (Viscount Curzon).