§ Mr. N. MACLEANasked the First Lord of the Admiralty when it is intended to publish Admiral Harper's Report on the Battle of Jutland; whether it is to be published in its original form; and the reasons for the delay in its publication?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANIt is expected that the Report will be issued on Wednesday, 1st June; it will be published, as has already been stated, in its original un-amended form. All the valuable part of the Report has been published in the "Official Narrative," or made use of by Sir Julian Corbett in his book, "Naval Operations," Volume III. It was not thought worth the expense that would be entailed to reproduce the remaining portions of the Report, but, owing to the repeated requests of Members of Parliament in various quarters of the House and insinuations outside as to the reasons for which it has been withheld, I have decided to have it published.