HC Deb 13 April 1938 vol 334 cc1156-7W
Lieut.-Commander Fletcher

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty what percentage by cost of fire-control-gear mechanisms for the Navy is manufactured at the Crayford works of Messrs. Vickers, Armstrong; whether it is intended to extend these works; if so, what will be the cost of the extension falling on public funds; and if the vulnerability of these works to air attack has been considered?

Mr. Cooper

It would not be in the public interest to give particulars such as those asked for in the question as regards units of productive capacity for Naval defence purposes. It can, however, be stated that such considerations as comparative vulnerability to air attack are given due weight in arriving at decisions as to the extension of such works.