§ Mr. T. GRIFFITHSasked the First Lord of the Admiralty if the firms who buy the obsolete ships of the Navy for dismantling and breaking up are in all cases on the Government list of contractors; and will he give the names of the firms concerned?
Lord STANLEYInvitations to tender for breaking up obsolete warships are issued to any British firms who can satisfy the Admiralty that they are competent to carry out any contract entrusted to them. It is not the practice of the Admiralty to publish their names.