§ Captain PLUGGEasked the Parliamentary-Secretary to the Admiralty whether, in view of the special facilities available at Chatham for destroyer constructional work and of its high standard of rapid output, he proposes to construct the majority of the seven new destroyers at Chatham dockyard?
Lord STANLEYThere are no special facilities for building destroyers at Chatham dockyard. Contracts for the seven new destroyers will be placed with private shipbuilding yards.