§ Lord C. BERESFORDasked the First Lord of the Admiralty what was the reason for keeping the battleship "London" out of dry dock for three months over the time beyond which it is considered by the Admiralty to be inadvisable for a battleship to remain out of dock; whether any other battleships now in commission have been out of dock for more than twelve months; if so, what are their names; and whether a battleship which has a foul bottom owing to being twelve months out of dock requires approximately as much coal for a speed of ten knots as she would require for twelve or thirteen knots with a clean bottom?
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§ Mr. McKENNAI regret that the information asked for takes longer to obtain than the time available to enable the question to be answered to-day, and I must ask the Noble Lord to be good enough to postpone his question for a few days.