§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether the mean cost at, approximately, £2,180,000 of the 10,000-ton cruiser of the A class and the mean cost at, approximately, £1,800,000 of the B type, at present under construction or on order, are the estimates for dockyard construction or for construction by private firms?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANThe estimates are the mean costs of the dockyard and contract cruisers under construction taken together. The figures relate to direct charges only, and include armament stores.