§ Sir C. CAYZERasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether, in view of the disinclination of the United States of America and Japan to discuss the British proposal to retain 40,000 tons of old destroyers in excess of the 150,000 tons quota allotted by the London Naval Treaty, it is the intention of the Government to at once invoke the escalator clause of the London Naval Treaty to enable Great Britain to increase her destroyer strength?
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§ Sir S. HOAREThe question of invoking Article 21 of the London Naval Treaty of 1930 in order to retain these destroyers has been and still is under consideration and a further statement will be made in due course.