HC Deb 19 July 1900 vol 86 c463
MR. HEDDERWICK (Wick Burghs)

I beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty if he can state approximately the amount spent upon Belleville boilers for the Navy during the last five years.

MR. MACARTNEY

It is not possible to state the amount spent upon Belleville boilers, as they are included in the tender for the propelling machinery and are not priced separately.

MR. HEDDERWICK

Has the hon. Gentleman no approximate idea of the cost?

MR. GIBSON BOWLES (Lynn Regis)

Is it not over £5,000,000?

MR. MACARTNEY

I can give no other answer. It would involve an examination of all the contracts.

MR. GIBSON BOWLES

Cannot you say the cost within a million?

[No answer was given.]