asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether the Return of Fleets, or some other official notification of relative naval strength, will be published this year.

Mr. Dugdale:

No, Sir.

Is the hon. Gentleman aware that Parliament cannot /be held responsible as regards the Navy unless it has some idea of what are the relative strengths of naval forces throughout the world?

Mr. Dugdale:

I quite agree as to the desirability of that, but the information is not available at the present moment.

Surely, there is some information?