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Scotland—Defence Of The Firth Of Forth—Question

Volume 204: debated on Friday 3 March 1871

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asked the Secretary of State for War, Whether it is the intention of the Government to take any action upon the representations which have been forwarded from various quarters as to the present defenceless state of the Frith of Forth?

Sir, I must give the same answer to the Question of the hon. and gallant Baronet that I have given in reply to other Questions upon the subject—namely, that no provision is made in the present Estimates for that purpose.