§ 102. Mr. Bingasked the Minister of Defence what is the estimated gross cost of military expenditure overseas for 1948–49 from which the net figure of £75 million given in paragraph 26 of Command Paper No. 7327 is derived.
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§ Mr. AlexanderExact information is not available and could not easily be obtained, since part of the total consists of forecasts of local outgoings, rendered by overseas commands on a net basis. At a rough estimate, however, the gross total would be a little more than £100,000,000.