§ Commander BELLAIRSasked the Prime Minister, in view of the fact that both America and Japan have voted large sums of money for increased elevations to be given to turret guns of capital ships, and that there is reason to believe that this is contrary to the spirit of the Washington Treaty, whether the Government will make friendly representations 1952W to both Powers with a view to preventing wasteful rivalry which the Washington Treaty was designed to check?
§ Mr. RONALD McNEILLI would refer the hon. and gallant Member to the reply given to his supplementary question by the Financial Secretary to the Admiralty on 2nd May. No action of the nature suggested is at present comtemplated.