§ Lieut.-Commander FLETCHERasked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether the Air Staff have considered the problem of carrying out aerial attacks upon naval units lying in an open and undefended anchorage, and armed with similar anti-aircraft protection to that carried by British naval units; and if any definite opinion has been formed as to whether or not the British Air Force could undertake to carry out such attacks with success?
§ Sir P. SASSOONIt would not be in the public interest to say more than that the questions to which the hon. and gallant Member refers are constantly under examination by the Admiralty and Air Ministry.