Our own object with regard to these great naval works, and I think in that we have the sympathy of the whole House, is that, as it is of the utmost importance that these works should be pushed forward with the utmost rapidity, we, therefore, thought it was necessary to make certain that we had money enough, rather than to cut down the provision of money to the exact figure that experience would prove it was possible to spend; and the result is that we are in no case checked by want of money, and we are progressing as rapidly as the difficulties of the Engineering Crisis will allow.

The only good contribution from a Conservative Member today was the speech of the hon. Member for Hastings and Rye (Mr. Warren), who criticised the Government for the Crisis in Engineering.