§ Captain Kerbyasked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he plans to order, in due course, the floating dock whose construction was postponed following the defence cuts imposed in November; and when an order will be placed, in view of the uncertainty in Her Majesty's Dockyard, Portsmouth, as to what further construction work is planned after this year's completion of H.M.S. "Andromeda".
§ Mr. MasonWe are looking at the whole of the planned naval new construction programme in the light of our reduced commitments. It is too early to say what the effect on particular projects will be.