§ Sir T. BRAMSDONasked the parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty if, in view of the threatened reductions in the number of dockyard employés, he will state under what conditions he would be prepared to consider the hire of docking and other facilities at Portsmouth to a private undertaking for commercial work?
§ Mr. AMMONI know of no threat that there will be reductions at Portsmouth Dockyard or of any ground for reviewing the settled policy in regard to the use of the dockyard by private commercial undertaking.