§ Mr. YERBURGHasked whether the views of the three admirals on the naval forces required to maintain our command of the sea expresed in their Report on the Naval Manœuvres in 1888 are considered by the Admiralty not to be applicable now; and, if so, whether he will appoint a similar Committee to make a Report on similar lines on the late manœuvres?
§ Mr. McKENNAThe Report of the Committee on the Naval Manœuvres of 1888 dealt with the details of the manœuvres which had just taken place and the adequacy of the Fleet as it then existed. The conditions were then so entirely different from what they are now that the Report cannot be considered applicable to present circumstances. It is not proposed to appoint a similar Committee to snake a Report on the recent manœuvres.