§ 42. Mr. Finlayasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty if he will introduce a system of approval of designs for Her Majesty's ships similar to that of the United States Navy whereunder detailed and final designs are prepared by the Bureau of Naval Construction.
§ Mr. Wingfield DigbyThe question whether any changes should be made in the present system of preparing designs for Her Majesty's ships and the extent and nature of those changes are among the matters now being studied by the Committee under Sir Barclay Nihill, of which I gave particulars in the debate on the Navy Estimates on 8th March, 1956.