Was Duffy satisfied with Labour's naval construction plans?

Was Duffy satisfied with his own government's naval construction plans before it left office?

Yes, as he understood them, but subsequent policy changes had created growing doubts about Invincible's role.

Frederick Burden asks whether Duffy had been satisfied with the naval construction proposals prepared by the Labour government before it left office. Duffy answers yes, with the qualification that this was how he understood those plans at the time. He says subsequent policy changes had caused doubts about Invincible's role to grow sharply in the specialist literature. The answer distinguishes approval of an inherited programme from endorsement of every later change made to it. It also leads directly into his argument that the class needed more hulls and clearer missions.