§ Captain Kerbyasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether the anti-aircraft frigate "Panther" and the aircraft-direction-frigate "Coventry", ordered under the 1956–57 Estimates, have yet been laid down.
§ Mr. AllanNo. My noble Friend has decided not to build these frigates for the roles originally intended. He intends to build, instead, two more anti-submarine frigates. The change of class of ship will involve a change of name.