Italian carriers might save the Seafire, not solve procurement

Would Italian aircraft carriers before the Second World War force better Fleet Air Arm aircraft?

They would heighten pressure and might preserve the Seafire, but they would not by themselves remove the Air Ministry's grip on engines and production.

The Royal Navy already faced American and Japanese naval aviation without receiving the aircraft it wanted. Air Ministry control over engines and production remained the deeper institutional constraint. Italian carriers could make cancelling the Seafire program less plausible because they are an immediate strategic threat across the Mediterranean. They would also prompt earlier British carrier development before the war rather than appear suddenly in 1939.