Lieut.-Colonel HENDERSONasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether it has now been decided that two of the four capital ships, projected before the Washington Conference, are to be built; and, if so, the names of the firms concerned?
§ Mr. AMERYAs regards the first part of the question, I would refer my hon. and gallant Friend to my reply of the 22nd February to the hon. Member for Moseley (Mr. Hannon). As regards the second part, contracts have not yet been placed for the two 35,000 ton ships to be laid down under the Washington Agreement.